Effects of Dietary Chromium Methionine on Growth Performance, Carcass Composition, Meat Colour and Expression of the Colour-related Gene Myoglobin of Growing-finishing Pigs

To investigate the effect of dietary chromium (Cr) as Cr methionine (CrMet) on growth performance, carcass traits, pork quality, meat colour and expression of meat colour-related genes in growing-finishing pigs, 189 crossbred Duroc×(Landrace×Yorkshire) growing-finishing pigs (male, castrated, averag...

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Main Authors: Y. S. Li, N. H. Zhu, P. P. Niu, F. X. Shi, C. L. Hughes, G. X. Tian, R. H. Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2013-07-01
Series:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/ajas-26-7-1021-16.pdf