Does the newly weaned piglet select a zinc oxide supplemented feed, when given the choice?

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1359-1367

  Reynolds, F H ^a   Forbes, J M ^a   Miller, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

choice; feeding behaviour; pig; weaning; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 77954540953     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731110000327     Document Type: Article

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