Effect of body weight and sex on rectal digestibility of nutrients and feces output in mexican cuino pigs;Efecto de peso corporal y sexo en la digestibilidad rectal de nutrientes y salida fecal en cerdos cuino mexicanos

Zootecnia Tropical

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-219

  Lemus, Clemente ^a   Huerta, Raúl ^a   Grageola, Fernando ^a   Ramírez, Hilda ^a   Díaz, Consuelo ^b   Ly, Julio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NAYARIT   (Mexico)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Porcinas   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Body weight; Feces output; Mexican cuino pig; Nutrient digestibility; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79959265835     PISSN: 07987269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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