DIET MODIFICATION TO REDUCE FECAL EXCRETION OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN GROWING-FINISHING PIGS

Autor: Ondieki Gekara, Renita Marshall, Talesha Dokes
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences. 8:197-202
ISSN: 1557-4555
Popis: An experiment was conducted to determine whether brewers rice can replace all corn in diets for swine and reduce fecal excretion of Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P) without compromising performance and carcass quality of growing-finishing pigs. Sixteen Yorkshire x Duroc x Hampshire crosses (BW = 77±2.5 kg) were randomly assigned to either corn/soybean meal (CSM; control) or brewers rice/soybean meal (RSM) diet. Both diets were formulated to contain 14% CP. The RSM pigs had a greater reduction (p
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