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Methods of feeding growing pigs to maximise feed intake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

A.L. Lightfoot ,
A.W. Armsby  and
C.F. Widdows
A.L. Lightfoot
Affiliation:
MAFF/ADAS, Terrington Experimental Husbandry Farm, Terrington St. Clement, King’s Lynn PE34 4PW
A.W. Armsby
Affiliation:
MAFF/ADAS, Terrington Experimental Husbandry Farm, Terrington St. Clement, King’s Lynn PE34 4PW
C.F. Widdows
Affiliation:
MAFF/ADAS, Terrington Experimental Husbandry Farm, Terrington St. Clement, King’s Lynn PE34 4PW
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Extract

An experiment was carried out to determine which feeding method maximised feed intake of growing pigs and to record growth rates, feed conversion efficiency and backfat measurements. There is an increasing tendency for dry fed pigs to be fed ad libitum or to appetite in order to increase growth rates and throughput of building.

Limited information is available on how the modern genetically improved pig will respond to high levels of feeding and whether ad libitum feeding will encourage higher feed intake than feeding to appetite either wet or dry.

Type
Pig Production
Information
Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1986 , March 1986 , pp. 128
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1986

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