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The partition and utilisation of energy in the pregnant sow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

W.H. Close
W.H. Close*
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Animal and Grassland Research Institute, Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AQ, Berks
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To determine the energy requirements for pregnancy it is necessary to know the animal's requirements for both maintenance (MEm) and tissue deposition. MEm represents the intake at which both metabolizable energy (ME) intake and heat loss are equal and therefore in energy equilibrium. The eneroy requirement for tissue deposition comprises energy retained as protein and fat in both the gravid uterus and maternal body, together with the energy associated with their deposition. There is little available information to show whether the requirements for maintenance and for tissue deposition change during pregnancy and the present experiments have been designed to provide this information for the sow.

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Pig Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1986 , March 1986 , pp. 16
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1986

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