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Copper supplementation of isonitrogenous diets for growing pigs containing white-fish meal or soya bean meal as the protein supplement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

R. S. Barber ,
R. Braude  and
K. G. Mitchell
R. S. Barber
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AT
R. Braude
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AT
K. G. Mitchell
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AT
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Abstract

1. Two trials were carried out to investigate the effects of high-copper supplementation of isonitrogenous diets containing either white-fish meal or soya bean meal as the sole protein supplement.

2. There was no difference in performance between the two diets when they were fed unsupplemented with copper in trial 1. The addition of 250 mg copper per kg diet significantly and similarly improved performance on both diets.

3. Liver-copper stores, but not kidney-copper stores, were significantly increased when the copper-supplemented diets were fed. The level of the liver-copper stores on the soya bean meal supplemented diet was, however, some 400g/kg less than that on the white-fish meal supplemented diet. The significance of this clearly established finding is discussed.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , August 1981 , pp. 81 - 86
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1981

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