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Comparison of meishan and white pigs for voluntary intake and digestibility of high fibre diets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

S A Edwards ,
V R Fowler ,
E Berges ,
A G Taylor  and
C Haley
S A Edwards
Affiliation:
The Scottish Agricultural College, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
V R Fowler
Affiliation:
The Scottish Agricultural College, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
E Berges
Affiliation:
The Scottish Agricultural College, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
A G Taylor
Affiliation:
The Scottish Agricultural College, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
C Haley
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PS
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Extract

The Meishan breed has evolved in China on high fibre diets. This experiment was designed to investigate whether, in consequence, they are better able to utilise high fibre diets than modern UK hybrid pigs. This might be achieved by a higher voluntary intake to compensate for low nutrient density of diets and/or by a more efficient gut fermentation of non-starch polysaccharides.

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Pig Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1991 , March 1991 , pp. 133
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1991

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