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The effect of using fibrous feeds as nutrient diluents on the carcass quality and performance of finishing pigs fed ad libitum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

B P Gill ,
A G Taylor ,
B Hardy  and
J G Perrott
B P Gill
Affiliation:
The School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
A G Taylor
Affiliation:
The School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
B Hardy
Affiliation:
Dalgety Agriculture Ltd, 180 Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol BS12 4TH
J G Perrott
Affiliation:
Trident Feeds, PO Box 11, Oundle Road, Peterborough PE2 9QX
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Satisfactory levels of performance and improved carcass and meat eating quality in growing pigs fed high levels of sugar beet pulp (SBP) have been recently demonstrated by Kay et al. (1990) and Longland et al. (1991). One of the main advantages from feeding SBP was a reduction in carcass fatness and increased returns from improved grading. The objective of this work was to determine whether these benefits could be sustained to heavier finishing weights and to compare differences in the response to SBP as a source of readily fermentable non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) and to oat feed (OF), a cereal by-product high in insoluble NSP, which is less easily degraded.

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Pig Nutrition: 1
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1992 , March 1992 , pp. 10
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1992

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