Effect of feed form and heat processing on the growth performance of growing and finishing pigs
| Autor: | S.G. Oliveira, Ronan Omar Fernandes dos Santos, Lucas S. Bassi, Uislei Antonio Dias Orlando, Alex Maiorka, Leopoldo Malcorra de Almeida |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
Heat processing General Veterinary Soybean meal 0402 animal and dairy science Randomized block design food and beverages 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Replicate Body weight 040201 dairy & animal science Feed conversion ratio 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Animal science Physical form Animal Science and Zoology Analysis of variance Mathematics |
| Zdroj: | Livestock Science. 245:104430 |
| ISSN: | 1871-1413 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different feed processing methods (pelleting and/or expansion) and feed physical form on the growth performance of growing-finishing pigs submitted to quantitative feed control. Commercial hybrid boars (n=200), with 22 kg initial body weight were distributed in a randomized complete block design with 5 treatments and 8 replicate pens of 5 pigs each. Treatments consisted of a mash feed, pelleted feed, expanded-pelleted feed, expanded-mash feed, and mash feed with previously expanded corn and soybean meal. Daily feed intake, average body weight, average daily gain, and feed conversion ratio were calculated at 63, 98, 128, 157, and 185 d. Data were submitted to analysis of variance, and when significant, treatment means were compared by orthogonal contrasts. No differences were detected for daily feed intake. However, from 63 to 128 d, the pigs fed processed diets showed improvements (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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