Performance of Growing-finishing Pigs Fed Diets Containing Graded Levels of Biotite, an Alumninosilicate Clay

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1666-1672

  Thacker, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial Counts; Biotite; Carcass Traits; Digestibility; Growing Pigs

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LACTOBACILLUS; SALMONELLA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0347604664     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2003.1666     Document Type: Article

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