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Single and choice-feeding of pigs as methods of investigating their ability to control protein intake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

I. Kyriazakis
Affiliation:
The Edinburgh School of Agriculture West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG
G.C. Emmans
Affiliation:
The Edinburgh School of Agriculture West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG
C.T. Whittemore
Affiliation:
The Edinburgh School of Agriculture West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG
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The experiment described here was designed to test the proposition that growing pigs can control their overall intake of protein: on a feed with a low level of crude protein (CP) by increasing their daily feed intake (up to a limit) and, given a choice of two feeds with different levels of CP, by selecting a diet with optimal protein content.

Type
Pig Nutrition
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1987

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