Feeding time and feeding rate and its relationship with feed intake, feed efficiency, growth rate, and rate of fat deposition in growing Duroc barrows

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3404-3409

  Rauw, W M ^a   Soler, J ^b   Tibau, J ^b   Reixach, J ^c   Gomez Raya, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c Selección Batallé S A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barrow; Feed intake behavior; Feeding length; Feeding rate; Pig; Sire effect

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33845235415     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-209     Document Type: Article

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