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A note on the growth of pigs in metabolism cages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

D. M. S. Livingston ,
M. F. Fuller  and
R. M. Livingstone
D. M. S. Livingston
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
M. F. Fuller
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
R. M. Livingstone
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
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Summary

The growth of pigs kept continuously or intermittently in metabolism cages was compared with that of animals penned in groups. The ten continuously caged grew more slowly and contained more fat at slaughter than their penned littermates.

Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Production , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , November 1969 , pp. 551 - 552
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1969

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