Effect of fibre-rich diets on the backfat skatole content of entire male pigs

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-180

  Van Oeckel, M J ^a   Warnants, N ^a   De Paepe, M ^a   Casteels, M ^a   Boucque Ch V ^a  

^a Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boar taint; Skatole; Soybean hulls; Sugar beet pulp; Wheat bran

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346310904     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(98)00190-0     Document Type: Article

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