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The value of feather meal as a protein supplement for growing pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

R. S. Barber ,
R. Braude ,
A. G. Chamberlain ,
Zena D. Hosking  and
K. G. Mitchell
R. S. Barber
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
R. Braude
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
A. G. Chamberlain
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
Zena D. Hosking
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
K. G. Mitchell
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
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Summary

The results of a nitrogen balance experiment with growing pigs have shown that 5 % feather meal was inferior to 7 % white-fish meal, when both supplements supplied the same amount of total crude protein in a barleyweatings- minerals-vitamins ration.

A comparative feeding trial in which white-fish meal was partially replaced by feather meal in the diets given to growing pigs gave inconclusive results.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , January 1965 , pp. 103 - 110
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1965

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