The Use of Serum Urea Nitrogen Concentrations for the Determination of Lysine Requirements of Gilts

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 65-69

  Knowles, T A ^a   Southern, L L ^a   Robbins, K R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lysine; Pigs; Serum urea ntrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347079534     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31847-7     Document Type: Article

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