Nutrient digestibility, performance and carcass traits of growing-finishing pigs fed diets containing dried wheat distiller's grains with solubles

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 527-529

  Thacker, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcass traits; Digestibility; Performance; Pigs; Wheat distiller's dried grains with solubles

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34247107160     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A06-025     Document Type: Article

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