Effect of feed restriction on the performance and behaviour of pigs immunologically castrated with Improvac®

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1420-1426

  Quiniou, N ^a   Monziols, M ^a   Colin, F ^b   Goues, T ^a   Courboulay, V ^a  

^a IFIP   (France)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

behaviour; feed intake; male pig; performance; vaccination against GnRH

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; VACCINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; SWINE; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; MEAT; ORCHIECTOMY; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VACCINES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84864362533     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112000444     Document Type: Article

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