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An assessment of a novel feed hopper with water available within the through for finishing pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

D. C. Patterson
D. C. Patterson*
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Large Park, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DP
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In previous experiments in this series, giving dry meal through a hopper with ad libitum feeding resulted in a poorer carcass feed conversion ratio than giving meal as porridge in a conventional trough (D. C. Patterson, unpublished data). In a further experiment a novel feed hopper was assessed with meal feeding. This hopper was designed to give a form of wet feeding and had nipple drinkers positioned within the trough so that pigs could not drink directly from the nipples, instead water was spilled directly onto the meal in the bottom of the trough. No other water was available to pigs on this treatment.

Type
Recent Developments in Pig Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1987 , March 1987 , pp. 102
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1987

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