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A note on the growth of pigs in metabolism cages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

D. M. S. Livingston
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
M. F. Fuller
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
R. M. Livingstone
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
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Summary

The growth of pigs kept continuously or intermittently in metabolism cages was compared with that of animals penned in groups. The ten continuously caged grew more slowly and contained more fat at slaughter than their penned littermates.

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Research Article
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1969

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