Addition of chromic oxide ot creep feed as a fecal marker for selection of creep feed-eating suckling pigs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 748-752

  Kuller, Wikke I ^a   van Beers Schreurs, Hetty M G ^a,c   Soede, Nicoline M ^b   Taverne, Marcel A M ^a   Kemp, Bas ^b   Verheijden, Jos H M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHROMIC OXIDE; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES COLOR; FECES COMPOSITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; SUCKLING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COLOR; EATING; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34547468879     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.68.7.748     Document Type: Article

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