Performance of growing-finishing pigs fed diets containing YieldGard Rootworm corn (MON 863), a nontransgenic genetically similar corn, or conventional corn hybrids

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1581-1590

  Hyun, Y ^a   Bressner, G E ^a   Fischer, R L ^b   Miller, P S ^b   Ellis, M ^a,d   Peterson, B A ^a   Stanisiewski, E P ^c   Hartnell, G F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^d 216 Animal Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcass; Growth; Insect Protected Corn; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; SUS SCROFA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645984250     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.8371581x     Document Type: Article

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