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  • Economies of size for farrow-to-finish hog production in Kansas
    Langemeier, M.R.; Schroeder, T.C. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    Economies of size measure the impact on average cost of production of increasing the size of operation. Data from 91 farrow-to- finish operations enrolled in the Kansas Farm Management Associations in 1992 were used to ...
  • The effect of increasing dietary methionine on performance of the early-weaned pig
    Owen, K.Q.; Nelssen, J.L.; Goodband, R.D.; Tokach, M.D.; Kats, L.J.; Friesen, K.G. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    A total of 216 pigs (initially 10.8 lb and 21 d of age) was used in a 35 d growth trial to determine the effect of increased dietary methionine on growth performance for the early-weaned pig when offered a porcine plasma-based ...
  • Effect of methionine:lysine ratio on growth performance and blood metabolites of growing-finishing pigs
    Kats, L.J.; Friesen, K.G.; Goodband, R.D.; Nelssen, J.L.; Tokach, M.D.; Richert, B.T.; Owen, K.Q. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    Eighty growing-finishing pigs (40 barrows and 40 gilts) were used in three consecutive growth assays to determine the optimum methionine:lysine ratio for pigs weighing from 48 to 107 lb, 120 to 179 lb, and 191 to 245 lb, ...
  • Effect of spray-dried blood meal in the phase III diet
    Kats, L.J.; Goodband, R.D.; Nelssen, J.L.; Tokach, M.D.; Friesen, K.G.; Richert, B.T.; Dritz, S.S. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    A total of 216 weanling pigs was used to evaluate the use of spray-dried blood meal (SDBM) in the phase III diet for pigs weighing approximately 25 pounds. At weaning, pigs (initially 11.6 lb and 21 d of age) were allotted ...
  • Effects of application of water and nitrogen on nutrient use from corn and sorghums by pigs
    Richert, B.T.; Hancock, J.D.; Bramel-Cox, P.J.; Witt, M.D.; Healy, B.J. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of growing conditions on nutrient yield and quality of corn and sorghum. Main effect treatments were: corn (C), bronze pericarp heterozygous-yellow endosperm sorghum ...
  • The effects of BMD in lactation diets on sow and litter performance
    Richert, B.T.; Nelssen, J.L.; Goodband, R.D.; Tokach, M.D. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    One hundred forty-five multiparous sows were used in a performance trial to evaluate the use of BMD® (bacitracin methylene disalicylate) on sow and litter performance during lactation in a herd with no previously documented ...
  • Effects of cellulase enzyme and a bacterial feed additive on the nutritional value of sorghum grain for finishing pigs
    Kim, I.H.; Hancock, J.D.; Hines, R.H.; Risley, C.R. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    One hundred and twenty-eight finishing pigs (113 lb average initial body wt) were used to determine the effects of adding cellulase enzyme and Bacillus bacteria to sorghum-based diets on growth performance, carcass merit, ...
  • The effects of dietary soy protein source fed to the early-weaned pig on subsequent growth performance
    Owen, K.Q.; Tokach, M.D.; Nelssen, J.L.; Goodband, R.D.; Dritz, S.S.; Richert, B.T.; Friesen, K.G.; Kats, L.J. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    Two hundred and ninety five pigs (initially 12.3 lb and 21 d of age) were used to determine the effect of different soy protein sources fed during phase I on subsequent growth performance. Dietary treatments were based ...
  • Effects of hammermills and roller mills on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, And stomach morphology in finishing pigs
    Wondra, K.J.; Hancock, J.D.; Behnke, K.C.; Hines, R.H.; Stark, C.R. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    The effects of particle size and mill type used to grind corn were determined with 128 pigs (122 lb average initial body wt). Treatments were corn ground in a hammermill and a roller mill to 800 and 400 μm. The roller ...
  • The effects of increasing dietary methionine in the phase II starter pig diet
    Owen, K.Q.; Nelssen, J.L.; Tokach, M.D.; Goodband, R.D.; Kats, L.J.; Friesen, K.G.; Richert, B.T.; Musser, R. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    A total of 216 pigs (initially 12.4 lb and 21 d of age) was used in a 28 d growth trial to determine the effects of increasing dieatary methionine in the phase II ( d 7 to 28 postweaning) diet. Pigs were allotted by sex, ...
  • Effects of nursery diets on growth of pigs to market weight
    Hines, R.H.; Hancock, J.D.; Mills, C.G.; Nichols, D.A. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of nutrient concentrations and complexity of ingredients used in nursery diets on growth performance to market weight. In Experiment 1, nursery regimens were: 1) ...
  • Effects of wheat gluten and plasma protein on growth performance and digestibility of nutrients in nursery pigs
    Pendergraft, J.S.; Hancock, J.D.; Hines, R.H.; Mills, C.G.; Burnham, L.L. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    An experiment was conducted to determine the nutritional value of wheat gluten and spray-dried porcine plasma in diets for weanling pigs. For the experiment, 120 pigs (14 lb avg initial body wt) were used in a 35-d growth ...
  • Embryonic survival and variation in embryonic development on day 11 of gestation
    Blair, R.M.; Coughlin, C.M.; Minton, J.E.; Davis, D.L. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    The primary objective of this study was to determine if embryo survival in gilts and primiparous sows was related to variations in the periovulatory profiles of estradiol- 17β, progesterone, and luteinizing hormone. A ...
  • Evaluation of carcass merit pricing by pork packers
    Schroeder, T.C. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    Live hog prices must reflect end-use value to convey market information from consumers to producers. Precise end-use value is excessively costly to trace for each carcass given current technology. Pricing structures must ...
  • Extrusion of sorghum grain and soybeans for lactating sows
    Mills, C.G.; Hines, R.H.; Hancock, J.D.; Gugle, T.L. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    One hundred-seventeen primiparous sows were used to determine the effects of extruded sorghum grain and soybeans in lactation diets on sow and litter performance. The sows were fed a sorghum-soybean-based diet with the ...
  • Growth and microbiology of nonmedicated, segregated, early-weaned pigs
    Dritz, S.S.; Chengappa, M.M.; Nelssen, J.L.; Tokach, M.D.; Goodband, R.D.; Vorhies, M.W. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    Seventy pigs, 7 to 10 d of age, were randomly selected by litter of origin from a commercial farm in Northeast Kansas to compare the growth and microbiology of nonmedicated, segregated, early-weaned pigs to controls ...
  • In vitro digestibility of sorghum parent lines predicts nutritional value of their hybrid offspring in cannulated finishing pigs
    Healy, B.J.; Hancock, J.D.; Bramel-Cox, P.J.; Hines, R.H. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    Nutritional value of eight sorghum hybrids, resulting from matings of four male lines with two male-sterile lines, was determined. The male lines were two sorghums with consistently high in vitro digestibility (High-digestibility ...
  • The influence of dietary lysine on carcass characteristics and subprimal cut distribution of high-lean growth gilts fed to 230 and 300 lb
    Stuewe, S.R.; Unruh, J.A.; Friesen, K.G.; Nelssen, J.L; Goodband, R.D.; Tokach, M.D. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    Seventy-two high-lean growth gilts were used to determine the effects of dietary lysine on carcass characteristics and subprimal cut distribution of gilts fed to 230 or 300 lb. The gilts were fed one of six lysine ...
  • Influence of dietary lysine on carcass characteristics of high-lean growth gilts fed from 80 to 160 lb
    Friesen, K.G.; Nelssen, J.L.; Goodband, R.D.; Tokach, M.D.; Unruh, J.A.; Kropf, D.H.; Kerr, B.J. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    Seventy-two high-lean growth gilts (initially 75.5 lb BW) were used to determine the influence of dietary lysine on carcass characteristics at 120 and 160 lb. Gilts were randomly selected for slaughter when the average ...
  • Influence of dietary lysine on growth performance and tissue accretion rates of high-lean growth gilts fed from 80 to 160 lb
    Friesen, K.G.; Nelssen, J.L.; Goodband, R.D.; Tokach, M.D.; Unruh, J.A.; Kropf, D.H.; Kats, L.J.; Kerr, B.J. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1993)
    One-hundred eight high-lean growth gilts (75.5 lb initial weight) were used to determine the dietary lysine requirement to maximize growth performance and protein accretion from 80 to 160 lb. The experiment was designed ...