Effect of insertion of Bt gene in corn and different fumonisin content on growth performance of weaned piglets

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-100

  Rossi, Filippo ^a   Morlacchini, Mauro ^b   Fusconi, Giorgio ^b   Pietri, Amedeo ^a   Piva, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b Centro Ricerche per la Zootecnica e l'Ambiente   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fumonisin B1; Piglets; Transgenic corn

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79955526287     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2011.e19     Document Type: Article

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