Effect of age at the beginning of the free-range fattening period on growth and carcass and fat quality in Iberian pigs

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 317-324

  Daza, Argimiro ^a   López Bote, Clemente ^b   Rey, Ana ^b   Olivares, Álvaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

and tocopherols; Carcass quality; Fatty acid profile; Free range fattening; Growth; Pig age

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FATTY ACID; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; FATTY ACIDS; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33745928188     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: 14772817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450390600785285     Document Type: Article

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