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The metabolic effects of feeding diets containing sugar beet pulp to SOWS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

W.H. Close ,
J.E. Pettigrew ,
C.E. Sharpe ,
H.D. Keal  and
J.I. Harland
W.H. Close
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute for Grassland and Animal Production, Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading, Berks. RG2 9AQ
J.E. Pettigrew
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute for Grassland and Animal Production, Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading, Berks. RG2 9AQ
C.E. Sharpe
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute for Grassland and Animal Production, Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading, Berks. RG2 9AQ
H.D. Keal
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute for Grassland and Animal Production, Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading, Berks. RG2 9AQ
J.I. Harland
Affiliation:
British Sugar plc, P O Box 26, Oundle Road, Peterborough PE2 90U
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There has been an increasing interest in recent years in the feeding of high fibre diets to pigs, and especially to pregnant sows, with both economic and welfare advantages. The potential use of these diets will depend upon the extent to which the fibrous materials are fermented and the subsequent capacity of the products of fermentation, that is VFAs, to meet the energy needs of the animal. One ingredient that has considerable potential as a feed ingredient for sows is sugar beet pulp, and the present experiments were designed to study the extent to which diets containing varying proportions of plain sugar beet pulp influenced nutrient partition and the efficiency of nutrient utilisation in pregnant sows.

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Pig Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1990 , March 1990 , pp. 53
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1990

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