Response of pigs to dietary inclusion of formic acid and ammonium formate

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1530-1539

  Eisemann, J H ^a   Van Heugten, E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium formate; Formic acid; Growth performance; Pig

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FORMIC ACIDS; MALE; SWINE;

EID: 34249861162     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-464     Document Type: Article

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