Potassium diformate in the diet of reproducing sows: Effect on performance of sows and litters

Livestock Science

Volumn 122, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 241-247

  Overland M ^a,b   Bikker, P ^c   Fledderus, J ^c  

^a Aquaculture Protein Centre   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c Schothorst Feed Research BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Growth performance; Milk composition; Piglets; Potassium diformate; Sows

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 67349157565     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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