The effect of an herb extract mixture on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood characteristics and fecal noxious gas content in growing pigs

Livestock Science

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 143-147

  Yan, L ^a   Meng, Q W ^a   Kim, I H ^a  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gas emissions; Growing pigs; Growth performance; Herb; Pigs

Indexed keywords

CURCUMA; CURCUMA LONGA; PIPER NIGRUM; SUIDAE; THYMUS VULGARIS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 80053607459     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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