Feeding of Spinach or Sweet-potato Leaves and Growth Performance of Growing Pigs Kept on Smallholder Farms in Central Vietnam

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 815-822

  Nguyen, L Q ^a   Everts, H ^b   Hue, H T ^a   Beynen, A C ^b  

^a HUE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adipose tissue; daily gain; fatty acid; pigs; smallholders; vegetables; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPINACH; SWEET POTATO; SWINE; VIET NAM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MALE; PLANT LEAVES; SPINACIA OLERACEA; SUS SCROFA; VIETNAM;

ANIMALIA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 7244223454     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TROP.0000045958.84521.ab     Document Type: Article

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