Labour saving in feeding of fattening pigs
- 1 December 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 48 (3) , 322-325
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021859600031683
Abstract
In a co-ordinated experiment involving twenty centres and 558 pigs it was found that the growth rate, efficiency of food conversion and carcass quality of the pigs were not affected when one after-noon meal was omitted each week throughout the fattening period, provided the amount of meal thus saved was distributed between the remaining feeds during each week. Limited evidence is presented to show that similar results may be obtained when two afternoon feeds are omitted each week.Keywords
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