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Nutrition management of growing pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

C. T. Whittemore ,
D. M. Green  and
C. P. Schofield
C. T. Whittemore
Affiliation:
The University of Edinburgh, Institute of Ecology and Resource Management, Agriculture Building, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK
D. M. Green
Affiliation:
The University of Edinburgh, Institute of Ecology and Resource Management, Agriculture Building, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK
C. P. Schofield
Affiliation:
Silsoe Research Institute, Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedford MK45 4HS, UK
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Abstract

Nutritional management of pigs to optimise growth demands pig-specific, time-specific and place-specific determination and provision of nutritional requirement. These elements need to be incorporated into response prediction models that operate in a real-time (not retrospective) closed-loop control environment. This implies appropriate means for the on-line measurement of response to change in nutrient provision, and the simultaneous means for manipulation of feeding level and feed quality. The paper describes how response prediction modelling and response measurement may now be achieved. Optimisation may be pursued with mixed objectives, including those of production efficiency and environmental protection.

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BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 28: Integrated management systems for livestock , 2001 , pp. 89 - 95
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 2001

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