Feeding finishing heavy pigs with corn silages: effects on backfat fatty acid composition and ham weight losses during seasoning
The effect of diets containing corn silages (whole ear or high cut whole plant corn silages, WECS and HCCS, respectively) on fatty acid composition of back fat and the weight loss of thighs during the seasoning process were examined in Italian heavy pigs (from 90 to 160 kg of live weight). Two trial...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2017-10-01
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Series: | Italian Journal of Animal Science |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2017.1302825 |