Effects of expanding and pelleting diets on finishing pigs fed from wet/dry feeders
Date
2010-02-18T22:03:20Z
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Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service
Abstract
Pigs fed pelleted and expanded diets from wet/dry feeders had 4.4% greater ADG and 7.9 % greater efficiency of gain than pigs fed a mash diet. Also, trends for greater efficiencies of gain occurred among pigs fed expanded pellets vs standard pellets and expandate vs expanded pellets.
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Swine, Expanding, Pelleting, Wet/Dry feeders, Finishing pigs