On the inadequacy of white wheat flour and fish meal for prolonged growth of pigs and its amelioration with yeast or stout

1 January 1931

journal article
research article
Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal

Vol. 25 (1) , 349-357
https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0250349

Abstract

A mixture of 90% wheat flour and 10% white fish meal was not adequate for the growth of pigs. Two ounces of dried brewer''s yeast per day was sufficient to allow normal growth; 1/2-2 pints of stout per day per pig gave satisfactory results but less marked than dried yeast.