Effects of feeder design and pellet quality on finishing pigs
Date
2010-02-18T20:24:50Z
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Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service
Abstract
Pigs fed from wet/dry feeders had 2.5% greater ADG and used 26% less water compared to pigs fed from conventional dry feeders. Also, as percentage fines was increased from none to 50%, ADG and digestibilities of DM and N decreased. However, the decreased ADG with increased pellet fines occurred only with the conventional dry feeder.
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Swine, Pellet quality, Wet/dry feeders, Finishing pigs
