Effect of feed restriction on hormones, performance, carcass traits, and meat quality in immunocastrated pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4593-4603

  Batorek, N ^a,b   Skrlep M ^a   Prunier, A ^b   Louveau, I ^b   Noblet, J ^b   Bonneau, M ^b   Candek Potokar M ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^b PEGASE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Carcass characteristics; Feed restriction; Immunocastration; Meat quality; Performance; Pig

Indexed keywords

INDOLE DERIVATIVE; VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MEAT; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENITALIA, MALE; INDOLES; MALE; MEAT; ORCHIECTOMY; SWINE; VACCINES;

EID: 84882586431     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2012-5330     Document Type: Article

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