Technical note: Health status and growth performance of rabbits fed diets with different starch level during the post-weaning period

World Rabbit Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-31

  Volek, Z ^a   Marounek, M ^a,b   Skrivanova V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Feeding; Growth performance; Health; Rabbit; Starch

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33746383263     PISSN: 12575011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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