Effect of farm household income levels and rice-based diet or water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) supplementation on growth/cost performances and meat indexes of growing and finishing pigs in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 320-329

  Men, Le Thi ^b   Yamasaki, Seishi ^a   Caldwell, John S ^a   Yamada, Ryuichi ^a   Takada, Ryozo ^c   Taniguchi, Toshiaki ^a  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broken rice; Carcass quality; Farming systems; Feed conversion ratio; Green feed; Rice bran

Indexed keywords

EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33744480782     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2006.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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