Compensatory growth response in pigs: Effects on growth performance, composition of weight gain at carcass and muscle levels, and meat quality

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 769-778

  Heyer, A ^a   Lebret, B ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Carcass; Compensatory growth; Intramuscular fat content; Meat quality; Pig; Tissue deposition rate

Indexed keywords

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34247126628     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-164     Document Type: Article

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