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The effects of feeding diets containing molassed sugar beet feed during pregnancy and lactation on sow performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

R.M. Kay ,
P.H. Simmins  and
J.I. Harland
R.M. Kay
Affiliation:
Terrington Experimental Husbandry Farm, Terrington St. Clement, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE34 4PW
P.H. Simmins
Affiliation:
Terrington Experimental Husbandry Farm, Terrington St. Clement, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE34 4PW
J.I. Harland
Affiliation:
British Sugar plc, PO Box 26, Oundle Road, Peterborough PE2 9QU
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There has been an increasing interest in recent years in the feeding of bulky, high fibre diets to sows for both economic and animal welfare reasons. The potential of the pregnant sow to utilise sugar beet pulp, a highly digestible, high fibre by-product has previously been investigated (Close et al 1990, Edwards et al 1990). However, in both these investigations, the feeding of the high fibre diet was restricted to the pregnant sow and conventional diets were fed throughout lactation. The main objective of this trial was to assess the effect of substituting cereal and cereal by-products with molassed sugar beet feed (SBF) throughout pregnancy and lactation, on the condition and performance of both gilts and adult sows.

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Pig Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1991 , March 1991 , pp. 123
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1991

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Close, W.H., Pettigrew, J.E., Sharpe, C.E., Keal, H.D. and Harland, J.I. (1990). The metabolic effects of feeding diets containing sugar beet pulp to sows. Anim. Prod. 50 (3) : 559–560 (abstr).Google Scholar
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