Effect of low-protein amino acid-supplemented diets on the growth performance, gut morphology, organ weights and digesta characteristics of weaned pigs

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1457-1464

  Opapeju, F O ^a   Rademacher, M ^b   Blank, G ^a   Nyachoti, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Dietary protein; Growth performance; Intestinal morphology; Weaned pig

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 50449110586     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173110800270X     Document Type: Article

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