Performance and meat quality of organically versus conventionally fed and housed pigs from weaning till slaughtering

Meat Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 335-341

  Millet, S ^a   Raes, K ^a   Van Den Broeck, W ^a   De Smet, S ^a   Janssens, G P J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Housing; Meat quality; Nutrition; Organic; Performance; Pigs

Indexed keywords

MEAT QUALITY; ORGANIC PRODUCTS; PIGS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIBIOTICS; COMPOSITION; HOUSING; NUTRITION; PERFORMANCE;

MEATS;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 5744229841     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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