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Water use by lactating sows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

B.P. Gill ,
P.H. Brooks  and
J.L. Carpenter
B.P. Gill
Affiliation:
Seale-Hayne College, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6NQ
P.H. Brooks
Affiliation:
Seale-Hayne College, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6NQ
J.L. Carpenter
Affiliation:
Seale-Hayne College, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6NQ
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There have been few published studies on the water needs of lactating sows under contemporary systems of feeding, housing and management. The literature available indicates that lactating sows provided with an unrestricted water supply show considerable individual variations in daily water consumption. Although ARC (1981) suggest that lactating sows should have access to an unrestricted water supply, an allowance of between 15 and 20 l/day has been recommended to meet the requirements for water. This study investigated the water demands of lactating sows provided with an unrestricted supply of water and to determine the stage of lactation on daily water use.

Type
Sow Nutrition
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1988 , March 1988 , pp. 122
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1988

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