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A note on intake and digestibility of a fibrous diet self fed to primiparous sows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

P. E. Zoiopoulos ,
P. R. English  and
J. H. Topps
P. E. Zoiopoulos
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
P. R. English
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
J. H. Topps
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
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Abstract

In an attempt to establish an ad libitum, labour saving feeding system 12 Large White primiparous sows were used to investigate the effects on food intake and digestibility of including oat husks in a conventional concentrate diet. The diet contained 500 g ground oat husks per kg diet and was compared with the undiluted concentrate given in restricted amounts during pregnancy (1·8 kg/day) and lactation (5·4 kg/day). The mean daily food intakes for the oat husk diet were 5·50 and 6·29 kg during pregnancy and lactation respectively. The apparent digestibility of the dry matter of the oat husk diet (0·58) was significantly lower than that of the concentrate (0·80), but values for apparent digestibility of nitrogen were similar (0·77 and 0·78, respectively).

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Animal Production , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , August 1983 , pp. 153 - 156
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1983

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