Removing vitamin and trace mineral premixes from finisher diets (154 to 247 lb) did not affect growth performance, carcass characteristics, or meat quality

Kim, I.H.; Lee, J.H.; Park, J.S.; Kropf, Donald H.; Johnston, S.L.; Sorrell, P.; Hines, Robert H.; Hancock, Joe D.

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Removing vitamin and trace mineral premixes from finisher diets (154 to 247 lb) did not affect growth performance, carcass characteristics, or meat quality

Kim, I.H.; Lee, J.H.; Park, J.S.; Kropf, Donald H.; Johnston, S.L.; Sorrell, P.; Hines, Robert H.; Hancock, Joe D.

Average daily gain; ADFI; F/G; dressing percentage; tenth rib fat thickness and depth; and color, firmness, and marbling of the longissimus muscle were not influenced by

omitting the vitamin and(or) trace mineral

premixes from diets during finishing (154 to

247 lb). Thus, omitting vitamin and trace mineral premixes can decrease diet costs

without decreasing performance or meat quality of high-lean pigs.

Keywords: Swine; Finishing pigs; Vitamins; Minerals; Meat quality; Growth

Conference: Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 21, 1996
Starting Page: 100, Ending Page: 102
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

Date: 1996

Conference paper

Record URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/2807

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