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A comparison of feeding growing pigs once or twice daily

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. Braude ,
M. Jill Townsend ,
G. Harrington  and
J. G. Rowell
R. Braude
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfteld, Reading
M. Jill Townsend
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfteld, Reading
G. Harrington
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Statistics Group, School of Agriculture, University of Cambridge
J. G. Rowell
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Statistics Group, School of Agriculture, University of Cambridge
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1. A co-ordinated trial has been carried out at 17 centres to compare the effects on performance and carcass quality of feeding growing pigs once or twice daily.

2. No significant differences were found between growth rate, efficiency of food conversion or length of pigs on the two treatments.

3. Killing out percentage was on average 0·92% worse for the pigs fed once daily, a significant effect, probably because the pigs on the two treatments received different amounts of food at the last feed before slaughter.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 60 , Issue 3 , May 1963 , pp. 389 - 391
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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