The role of animal feeding trials for the nutritional and safety assessment of feeds from genetically modified plants - Present stage and future challenges

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-170

  Flachowsky, G ^a   Wenk, C ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Genetically modified plants (GMP); Nutritional and safety assessment; Types of feeding studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955568186     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/66278/2010     Document Type: Article

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