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Effect of environmental temperature on dietary selection in lactating sows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

J M Vidal ,
S A Edwards ,
O MacPherson ,
P R English  and
A G Taylor
J M Vidal
Affiliation:
Aberdeen School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, AB9 1UD
S A Edwards
Affiliation:
Aberdeen School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, AB9 1UD
O MacPherson
Affiliation:
Aberdeen School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, AB9 1UD
P R English
Affiliation:
Aberdeen School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, AB9 1UD
A G Taylor
Affiliation:
Aberdeen School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, AB9 1UD
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The choice-feeding method has been suggested as an effective way of estimating nutritional requirements and it may be helpful from a practical point of view for meeting the nutrient requirements of animals with great variability in nutrient intake and requirements, for example sows in lactation. Friend (1971) reported high variability in protein intake in lactating sows on choice feeding. Growing rats (Leshner et al.,1971) respond to temperature changes by modifying the proportion of protein selected in order to maintain their protein intake. The main objective of this experiment was to investigate the ability of sows offered diets of different nutrient content to select the combination that best fits their requirement, particularly in relation to problems of reduced food intake routinely encountered in high summer temperatures.

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Pig Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1991 , March 1991 , pp. 122
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1991

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Friend, D.W. 1971. Self-selection of feeds and water by swine during pregnancy and lactation. Journal of Animal Science 32: 658–666 CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Leshner, A.I., Collier, G.H. and Squibb, R.L. 1971. Dietary self-selection at cold temperatures. Physiology and Behaviour 6: 1–3.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed