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The use of diets containing high levels of copra meal for growing/finishing pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

P.J. Thorne ,
J. Wiseman  and
D.J.A. Cole
P.J. Thorne
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leics., LE12 5RD
J. Wiseman
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leics., LE12 5RD
D.J.A. Cole
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leics., LE12 5RD
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Copra meal is a by-product of the coconut oil industry and is a potential source of protein and energy in the diets of pigs and poultry in the tropics. However, previous studies with pigs have suggested that its use may be limited because of poor growth performance associated with levels of inclusion above 300 g/kg (Creswell and Brooks, 1971). The experiment reported here and conducted under tropical conditions at the University of the Philippines at Los Banos was designed to study possible ways of feeding copra meal at levels of inclusion greater than 300 g/kg in the diets of pigs while maintaining acceptable animal performance.

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Recent Developments in Pig Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1987 , March 1987 , pp. 97
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1997

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