Systemic growth promoting actions of copper in weanling pigs

The major objectives of this research were to examine whether copper (Cu) exerts its growth promoting actions systemically, to assess the role of feed intake in Cu-stimulated growth and to investigate the effect of Cu on the growth control system. An economical and convenient bioassay system using n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhou, Wei
Other Authors: Animal Science
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38630
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06192006-125724/