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The interaction between crude protein concentration and lactose level on piglet performance and nitrogen metabolism post weaning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

K.M. Pierce ,
J.J. Callan ,
P. McCarthy  and
J.V. O’Doherty
K.M. Pierce
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science and Production, University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Dublin, Ireland.
J.J. Callan
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science and Production, University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Dublin, Ireland.
P. McCarthy
Affiliation:
Volac Feed Limited, Volac House, Church Street, Killeshandra, Co. Cavan, Ireland.
J.V. O’Doherty
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science and Production, University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, Dublin, Ireland.
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Environmental problems in pig rearing have led to intensive efforts to reduce nitrogen excretion (NE) while maintaining constant production levels. High concentrations of lactose in piglet diets have been shown to improve N digestibility (ND) (O’Doherty et al., 2002) and increasing the digestibility of the feed N is a major factor in reducing NE to the environment. The hypothesis of this study is that high lactose inclusion will allow for reduced crude protein (CP) concentrations in post weaning diets.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2004 , 2004 , pp. 212
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2004

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O’Doherty, J.V., Nolan, C.S., Callan, J.J and McCarthy, P. 2002. Interaction between lactofeed level and soybean meal on growth performance of weanling pigs. Journal of Animal Science 80: (1), 392.Google Scholar