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Performance of growing pigs fed dried microbial cells (Methylomonas methylotropha)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

C. T. Whittemore  and
I. W. Moffat
C. T. Whittemore
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG
I. W. Moffat
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG
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Summary

In two experiments, 192 individually penned pigs were given diets containing 900 g barley/kg together with either 100 g dried microbial cells (DMC)/kg or 100 g white fish meal (WFM)/kg, and grown from 23 to 60 kg live weight. In Expt 1 rationing was by live weight and there was no difference between diets for feed used or live weight gained. In Expt 2, pigs were rationed by time and those fed diet DMC grew 15 g/day slower than those fed diet WFM, and their carcasses were of lower specific gravity.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 88 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 241 - 243
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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