Effects of Increasing Dietary Niacin on Weanling Pig Performance

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-357

  Real, D E ^a   Nelssen, J L ^a   Tokach, M D ^a   Goodband, R D ^a   Dritz, S S ^a   Derouchey, J M ^a   James, B W ^a   Alonso, E ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lonza Inc USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Niacin; Nursery; Pigs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008156789     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31325-5     Document Type: Article

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