Nutrient digestibility, performance and carcass traits of growing-finishing pigs fed diets containing graded levels of dehydrated lucerne meal

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2019-2025

  Thacker, Philip A ^a   Haq, Inam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Carcass traits; Digestibility; Lucerne; Performance; Swine

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SUIDAE;

EID: 49649110101     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3314     Document Type: Article

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