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Herbage intake of growing pigs in an outdoor organic production system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

D Mowat ,
C A Watson ,
R W Mayes ,
H Kelly ,
H Browning  and
S A Edwards
D Mowat
Affiliation:
Environment Division, SAC, Craibstone Estate, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9YA
C A Watson
Affiliation:
Environment Division, SAC, Craibstone Estate, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9YA
R W Mayes
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH
H Kelly
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
H Browning
Affiliation:
Eastbrook Farm, Bishopstone, Wiltshire SN6 8PW
S A Edwards
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
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Extract

Standards for organic pig production recommend that growing pigs are maintained on pasture. There is currently no information on the nutritional implications of such a system, since grazing intakes have not been recorded in pigs of this production stage. This study used n-alkane methodology previously validated in sows (Wilson et al., 1999) to measure the herbage intakes of individual pigs under such conditions.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 169
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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References

Wilson, H., Sinclair, A.G., Hovell, F.deB., Mayes, R.W., Edwards, S.A. 1999. Validation of the n-alkane technique for measuring herbage intake in sows. Proc. British Society of Animal Science, p177.Google Scholar