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Effect of removing pigs from a pen at slaughter weight on the growth performance of the remaining animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

J. M. DeDecker ,
M. Ellis ,
B. F. Wolter ,
B. P. Corrigan  and
S. E. Curtis
J. M. DeDecker
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801 USA
M. Ellis
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801 USA
B. F. Wolter
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801 USA
B. P. Corrigan
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801 USA
S. E. Curtis
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801 USA
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When emptying finishing barns, it is common practice on U.S. operations to dispatch pigs over a two- to three-week period with the heaviest animals being selected first. However, there has been little research carried out under commercial conditions on the effect of removing pigs from a pen at slaughter weight on the performance of the remaining animals. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of removing the heaviest 30% of animals from a pen on the subsequent growth performance of the remaining pigs.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2002 , 2002 , pp. 160
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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