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  • The effects of experimental potato protein on starter pig growth performance
    Kerr, C.A.; Goodband, R.D.; Bergstrom, J.R.; Musser, R.E.; Nessmith, W.B.Jr; Tokach, M.D.; Nelssen, J.L. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    This study suggested that experimental potato protein can be an effective replacement for a portion of spray-dried animal plasma in starter diets. Pigs fed combinations of experimental potato protein and spray-dried plasma ...
  • Effects of fat and sodium bicarbonate on growth performance and stomach morphology in finishing pigs
    Sorrell, S.P.; Hancock, J.D.; Kim, I.H.; Hines, R.H.; Kennedy, G.A.; Burnham, L.L. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    Pigs fed diets with soybean oil consumed less feed; grew more efficiently; and had greater last-rib backfat thickness, keratosis, and ulceration in their stomachs than pigs fed diets without soybean oil. Pigs fed diets ...
  • Effects of fat and sodium bicarbonate on growth performance and stomach morphology in finishing pigs
    Sorrell, S.P.; Hancock, J.D.; Kim, I.H.; Hines, R.H.; Kennedy, G.A.; Burnham, L.L. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    Pigs fed diets with soybean oil consumed less feed; grew more efficiently; and had greater last-rib backfat thickness, keratosis, and ulceration in their stomachs than pigs fed diets without soybean oil. Pigs fed diets ...
  • Effects of high oil corn and fat level on growth performance of nursery pigs
    Bergstrom, J.R.; Samland, C.J.; Nelssen, J.L.; Tokach, M.D.; Goodband, R.D. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    Two studies were conducted to evaluate the effects of adding high oil corn to nursery diets as compared to other sources of fat. The results of both studies suggest that addition of fat to the nursery pig diet, regardless ...
  • The effects of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) vaccination on postweaning growth performance
    Pretzer, S.D.; Claussen, K.M.; Bergstrom, J.R.; Henry, S.C.; Phillips, R.; Tokach, M.D.; Goodband, R.D.; Nelssen, J.L.; Dritz, S.S. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    We evaluated the effects of a modified-live virus vaccine for PRRS virus on nursery growth performance. The pigs used in this study were obtained from a herd with substandard nursery growth performance attributed to PRRS ...
  • Effects of select menhaden fish meal fed during lactation on sow and litter performance
    Musser, R.E.; Goodband, R.D.; Tokach, M.D.; Nelssen, J.L.; Dritz, S.S. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    A total of 317 lactating sows was fed either a corn-soybean meal diet (l.0%lysine) or a diet with a portion of the soybean meal replaced with 5% select menhaden fish meal on an equal lysine basis. Adding 5% select menhaden ...
  • Effects of split-nursing management on growth performance in nursing pigs
    Donovan, T.S.; Dritz, S.S. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    We evaluated the effects of split nursing the lightest 50% of pigs per litter or the lightest and heaviest 50% of pigs per litter at birth on growth performance until weaning. We did not observe any effects of split ...
  • Effects of spray-dried blood cells in lactation diets on sow and litter performance
    Dritz, S.S.; Tokach, M.D.; Nelssen, J.L.; Goodband, R.D.; Weaver, E. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    High producing sows were used to evaluate the effect of spray-dried blood cells as a dietary protein source on lactation performance and subsequent reproductive performance. No significant differences were observed between ...
  • The effects of supplementing growing-finishing pig diets with carnitine and(or) chromium on growth and carcass characteristics
    Smith, J.W.II; Nelssen, J.L.; Goodband, R.D.; Tokach, M.D.; Richert, B.T.; Owen, K.Q.; Bergstrom, J.R.; Nessmith, W.B.Jr; Blum, S.A. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    Eighty crossbred gilts (initially 83 lb) were used to examine the effects of 50 ppm carnitine and(or) 200 ppb chromium from chromium nicotinate on growth performance and carcass characteristics. In this trial, adding ...
  • The effects of supplementing growing-finishing pig diets with carnitine and(or) chromium on growth and carcass characteristics
    Smith, J.W.II; Nelssen, J.L.; Goodband, R.D.; Tokach, M.D.; Richert, B.T.; Owen, K.Q.; Bergstrom, J.R.; Nessmith, W.B.Jr.; Blum, S.A. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    Eighty crossbred gilts (initially 83 lb)were used to examine the effects of 50 ppm carnitine and(or) 200 ppb chromium from chromium nicotinate on growth performance and carcass characteristics. In this trial, adding ...
  • An evaluation of several diet acidifiers commonly utilized in pig starter diets to improve growth performance
    Bergstrom, J.R.; Nelssen, J.L.; Tokach, M.D.; Goodband, R.D.; Loughmiller, J.A.; Musser, R.E.; Nessmith, W.B.Jr (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    Early-weaned pigs (weaned at 14 d of age) that are managed in a conventional one-site production system and fed a complex segregated early-weaning diet will benefit from the inclusion of a diet acidifier during the first ...
  • Evaluation of spray-dried cheese food as a supplemental protein source for weanling pigs
    Loughmiller, J.A.; Nelssen, J.L.; Goodband, R.D.; Tokach, M.D.; Graf, P.S.; Dritz, S.S.; Bergstrom, J.R.; Muser, R.E. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    A growth study was conducted to determine the effects of substituting spray-dried cheese food for spray-dried plasma protein on weanling pig performance. Five dietary treatments included the control diet or diets with ...
  • Evaluation of the total sulfur amino acid requirement of finishing pigs
    Loughmiller, J.A.; Goodband, R.D.; Tokach, M.D.; Nelssen, J.L.; Smith, J.W.II; Bergstrom, J.R. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    Sixty four gilts (initially 120 lb) were used to evaluate the effects of increasing total sulfur amino acid (TSAA):lysine ratios on growth performance and carcass characteristics. Diets included two levels of lysine (.55% ...
  • Evaluation of the total sulfur amino acid requirement of finishing pigs
    Loughmiller, J.A.; Goodband, R.D.; Tokach, M.D.; Nelssen, J.L.; Smith, J.W.II; Bergstrom, J.R. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    Sixty four gilts (initially 120 lb) were used to evaluate the effects of increasing total sulfur amino acid (TSAA):lysine ratios on growth performance and carcass characteristics. Diets included two levels of lysine (.55% ...
  • Evaluation of various specialty protein sources as replacements for spray-dried animal plasma in diets for segregated early-weaned pigs
    Nessmith, W.B.Jr.; Tokach, M.D.; Goodband, R.D.; Nelssen, J.L.; Bergstrom, J.R.; Dritz, S.S.; Loughmiller, J.A.; Smith, J.W., II (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    We used high-health status, weanling pigs to evaluate six different protein sources as replacements for spray-dried animal plasma. Spray-dried blood meal, spray-dried egg, spray-dried wheat gluten, extruded soy protein ...
  • Examination of pork marketing margins
    Schroeder, T.C.; Mintert, J. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    This study analyzes recent changes observed in pork, farm-to-wholesale and wholesale-to-retail, marketing margins. Although the inflation-adjusted, farm-to-wholesale margin has declined over the last 25 years, ...
  • Explaining differences in efficiency among farrow-to-finish producers
    Rowland, W.W.; Langemeier, M.R.; Schurle, B.W.; Featherstone, Allen M. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    To remain competitive, hog operations will need to continue to improve production efficiency and manage costs. Kansas Farm Management Association data from 1992 to 1994 were used to measure technical, economic, and overall ...
  • The impact of selected hog carcass traits on prices received
    Mintert, J.; Dritz, S.; Schroeder, T.; Hedges, S. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    Hog producers can control the quality of the hogs they market. Through genetic selection and management, producers can have a large impact on hog carcass characteristics such as weight, backfat depth, and loin depth. ...
  • Increasing valine, isoleucine, and total branched chain amino acids for the lactating sow
    Richert, B.T.; Goodband, R.D.; Tokach, M.D.; Nelssen, J.L. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    One hundred eighty-five sows were used to evaluate effects of the interrelationship between isoleucine and valine on sow and litter performance. Litter weight and weight gain at weaning increased as dietary valine, isoleucine, ...
  • Influence of a probiotic/trace mineral mixture on growth performance and salmonella choleraesuis shedding in nursery pigs
    Dritz, S.S.; Goodband, R.D.; Nelssen, J.L.; Tokach, M.D. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1996)
    We tested a probiotic/trace mineral mixture using a bacterial challenge model in high-health status pigs. We examined the influence of the mixture on growth performance, hematologic parameters, haptoglobin concentration, ...