Experimental study on the effect of in-feed administration of a clinoptilolite-rich tuff on certain biochemical and hematological parameters of growing and fattening pigs

Livestock Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 230-241

  Alexopoulos, C ^a   Papaioannou, D S ^a   Fortomaris, P ^a   Kyriakis, C S ^a   Tserveni Goussi, A ^a   Yannakopoulos, A ^a   Kyriakis, S C ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clinoptilolite; Hematology; Pigs; Serum biochemistry

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 34548282092     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.01.152     Document Type: Article

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