Influence of calcium propionate on starter pig performance

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2010-02-18T20:21:46Z

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Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

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A 24-d growth study was conducted to evaluate the effects of low rates of a dietary acidifier, calcium propionate, on weanling pig growth performance. Experimental diets, fed from d 0 to 10, were a control diet with no acidifier, the control diet with 4 lb/ton of Kemgest, or the control diet with 4 or 8 lb/ton calcium propionate. From d 10 to 24, pigs were fed a common phase II diet containing no acidifier. Adding a low rate of acidifier to the diet had no influence on pig performance.

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Swine, Acidifiers, Nursery pigs, Calcium propionate

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