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Feed ingredient selection in growing and finishing pigs: effects on performance and carcass quality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

G E Onibi ,
B P Gill  and
P R English
G E Onibi
Affiliation:
The School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
B P Gill
Affiliation:
The School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
P R English
Affiliation:
The School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
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One of the potential advantages of choice feeding is that it could remove the need to formulate and manufacture complete diets for pigs. The simplest and most attractive option would be where pigs could select an adequate diet from basic raw feed ingredients offered separately. However, intrinsic differences in the composition of feed ingredients, particularly naturally occurring antinutritional and toxic factors, may influence selection, nutrient intake and performance. The aim of this study was to determine whether growing pigs could select an adequate diet when offered an unrestricted choice between a cereal and a protein supplement.

    Type
    Pig Nutrition: 1
    Information
    Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1992 , March 1992 , pp. 11
    Copyright
    Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1992

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    Diestre, A., and Kempster., A.J. 1985. Animal Production, 41: 383–391.Google Scholar