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The effects of the dietary inclusion of rapeseed meal on the performance of young piglets"

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2017

E.A. Latymer ,
A.G. Low ,
J.S. Carter  and
W.H. Close
E.A. Latymer
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AQ, Berks
A.G. Low
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AQ, Berks
J.S. Carter
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AQ, Berks
W.H. Close
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AQ, Berks
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While a considerable amount of information is available on the nutritional properties of rapeseed meal for ruminants, there is only limited information on its suitability and nutritive value as a feed ingredient for pigs. The objective of the present study was, therefore, to investigate the effect of feeding isonitrogenous diets containing rapeseed meals of different origins, but which varied in their glucosinolate content, to pigs. Thus, the effect of the level of dietary glucosinolates from rapeseed meal on the voluntary feed intake and performance of young pigs was investigated. Weaned piglets were chosen as the experimental model because of their sensitivity to unpleasant tastes, their high requirements for protein and their rapid response to the antinutritional components of feedstuffs.

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Non Ruminant Nutrition
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1991 , March 1991 , pp. 24
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1991

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