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The value of liquid skimmed milk in piglet creep rations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

O D Davies
Affiliation:
MAFF ADASTrawsgoed Experimental Husbandry FarmTrawsgoed Aberystwyth Dyfed
D W Howard
Affiliation:
MAFF ADASTrawsgoed Experimental Husbandry FarmTrawsgoed Aberystwyth Dyfed
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Dried skimmed milk (DSM) is a common constituent of piglet creep rations. Liquid skimmed milk (ISM) is considerably cheaper per unit of feed value and if it could be fed successfully to young pigs as a substitute for DSM without adversely affecting performance, significant savings could be made in weaner rearing costs.

Twenty litters from Large White x Landrace sows, totalling 199 piglets, were offered one of two creep rations.

Type
Feeding and Management of Early Weaned Pigs
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1984

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