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The effect of pattern of feed distribution during late pregnancy and lactation on sow productivity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

A.J. Harker  and
D.J.A. Cole
A.J. Harker
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leics., LE12 5RD
D.J.A. Cole
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leics., LE12 5RD
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Extract

Catabolism of the sows’ maternal body tissues which commonly occurs during lactation starts not at parturition but during the latter part of the preceding pregnancy. An experiment was conducted to study the response of sows to the same amount of feed distributed differently between pregnancy and lactation.

Two patterns of feed distribution taking account of the anabolic/catabolic change in late pregnancy were compared with a conventional system which makes the major change in feed level at parturition.

Type
Feeding and Management of Sows
Information
Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1984 , March 1984 , pp. 32
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1984

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