Effects of the level of sugarcane molasses on growth and carcass performance of Caribbean growing pigs reared under a ground sugarcane stalks feeding system

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-20

  Xande X ^a   Archimede H ^a   Gourdine, J L ^a   Anais, C ^b   Renaudeau, D ^a  

^a Unite de Recherches Zootechniques Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Carcass performance; Creole pig; Feeding system; Ground stalks; Growth; Molasses; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; SUIDAE;

EID: 71249142661     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9379-7     Document Type: Article

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