Invited review: Management and feeding strategies to ameliorate the impact of removing antibiotic growth promoters from diets fed to weanling pigs;Revue commandée par la rédaction: Stratégies d'élevage et d'engraissement pour compenser l'impact du retrait des antibiotiques employé s comme facteur de croissance dans la ration des porcelets sevrés

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 447-460

  Kil, D Y ^a   Stein, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternatives; Antibiotics; Management strategies; Pigs; Weaning

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 78650252634     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: 19181825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJAS10028     Document Type: Review

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