Pig preference for cereal based diets, relationship with their digestibility and physical properties

Livestock Science

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 190-193

  Sola Oriol D ^a   Roura, E ^b   Torrallardona, D ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b Lucta SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cereal; Digestibility; Palatability; Pigs; Texture

Indexed keywords

AVENA; HORDEUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 34247514355     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.01.052     Document Type: Article

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