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Effect of including an antimycotic (griseofulvin) in the diet of growing pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1962

R. S. Barber
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
R. Braude
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
K. G. Mitchell
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
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Results of an experiment involving a total of 24 individually-fed pigs, covering the growing period between about 40 and 210 lb. live-weight, indicated that the addition of 20 g./ton griseofulvin to the diet had a slight depressing effect on the rate of growth of the pigs. It had no significant effect on the efficiency of food utilisation, but caused a small reduction in daily food consumption.

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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1962

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