Nutritional influences on skatole formation and skatole metabolism in the pig

Animals

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-242

  Wesoly, Raffael ^a   Weiler, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boar taint; Feeding; Inulin; Pig; Raw potato starch; Skatole; Skatole physiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867023095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani2020221     Document Type: Review

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