Feeding regime and management of local Lao pigs in central Lao PDR

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-155

  Chittavong, Malavanh ^a   Lindberg, Jan Erik ^b   Jansson, Anna ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Feeding management; Local Lao pig; Mineral; Mortality; Protein

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LAOS; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LAOS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SURVIVAL RATE; SWINE;

EID: 84875822528     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0186-1     Document Type: Article

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