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  • Increasing litter size in swine herds
    Davis, D.L.; Stevenson, J.S.; Minton, J.E. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1987)
    Management and biological factors combine to limit litter size in swine herds. With present technology, improving litter size depends upon increasing the number born in the first litter and prolonging sow longevity. Methods ...
  • Minimizing environmental effects on nutritional needs of growing finishing pigs
    Nichols, D.A. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1987)
    Swine have a great ability to grow and reproduce in a variety of environments and facilities. This ability is documented by profitable production in both the most elaborate and the most simple facilities. Efficiency and ...
  • Protein requirement of finishing barrows and gilts (110 to 230 lbs).
    Hiens, R.H.; Koch, B.A.; Nichols, D.A.; Turlington, L.M.; Goodband, R.D. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1987)
    Eighty barrows and 80 gilts were fed diets containing four crude protein levels (16, 15, 14, and 13%) from approximately 115 lb to a market weight of 230-235 lb. Barrows and gilts were fed separately to determine their ...
  • Using biotechnology to improve growth rate and carcass composition in swine
    Nelssen, J.L. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1987)
    Biotechnology has developed a number of compounds that partition nutrients away from fat tissue deposition and towards lean (muscle) tissue accretion in swine. Two compounds that have received considerable research attention ...
  • The value of drip versus spray cooling at two flow rates to reduce heat stress of finishing swine
    Nichols, D.A.; Thaler, R.C.; Murphy, J.P.; Hines, R.H.; Nelssen, J.L. (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 1987)
    One hundred fifty pigs were used to evaluate the effectiveness of either spray cooling or drip sprinkling to reduce heat stress in finishing swine. In addition, water flow rates of .2 gal/pig/hr and .4 gal/pig/hr were ...