Body composition, muscle fibre characteristics and postnatal growth capacity of pigs born from sows supplemented with L-carnitine

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-118

  Ramanau, Aleh ^a   Schmidt, Rene ^a   Kluge, Holger ^a   Eder, Klaus ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body composition; Growth; L carnitine; Muscle fibre; Pig

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY COMPOSITION; CARNITINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33645105419     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: 14772817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450390600562528     Document Type: Article

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