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A note on the use of a feed flavour to stimulate the feed intake of weaner pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

R. G. Campbell
R. G. Campbell
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, S.S. Cameron Laboratory, Werribee, Victoria, Australia 3030
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Summary

An experiment was conducted to study the post-weaning response of young pigs to a flavouring substance (Firanor No. 3) designed to be incorporated into the sow's milk if added to her diet during lactation. During the first 3 weeks after weaning the average feed intake and growth rate of all pigs were 0·755 kg/day and 0·385 kg/day respectively. The average feed intake and growth rate of pigs weaned from sows given a flavoured diet during lactation and subsequently offered a flavoured weaner diet were 0·818 kg/day and 0·450 kg/day respectively, each significantly greater than the corresponding results for pigs which had no previous experience of the flavouring or which had access to flavoured feed in only one period.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , December 1976 , pp. 417 - 419
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1976

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