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The effect of increasing workload to obtain feed ad libitum on performance and behaviour of finishing pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

A.T.S. Morrow  and
N. Walker
A.T.S. Morrow
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Large Park, Hillsborough, Co. Down, BT26 6DR
N. Walker
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Large Park, Hillsborough, Co. Down, BT26 6DR
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On some commercially available single space feeders there is a range of settings to dispense feed at various rates into the trough. The amount of feed which is dispensed into the trough each time a pig operates die mechanism will have an effect on how hard a pig has to work to satisfy its appetite. The feeder setting may also have effects on competition between pigs. In addition, high settings may result in excess feed deposited in the trough, a potential source of feed spillage.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1992 , March 1992 , pp. 127
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1992

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