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The value of virginiamycin (Eskalin) as a feed additive for growing pigs in diets with or without a high copper supplement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

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

In three trials, each involving 48 individually-fed pigs grown from 20 to 90 kg live weight, the value of virginiamycin as a performance-promoter either alone or together with 250 mg Cu/kg diet was examined. Both copper and virginiamycin on their own gave significant, although small, improvements in performance and the results suggested that there can be a degree of additive action between the two materials when both are added to the diet.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 1978 , pp. 151 - 155
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1978

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