Effects of Diet Form and Fibre Withdrawal Before Marketing on Growth Performance of Growing-Finishing Pigs
Pelleting diets improved growth rate and feed conversion but increased the amount of unsaturated fatty acids in the belly, reported J.E. Nemechek and colleagues at Kansas State University to the 2012 Kansas State University Swine Industry Day. The increase in belly fat iodine value was more pronounced with the high-fibre than the corn-soy control diet. High-fibre diet withdrawal allowed pigs to recover fully the losses in carcass yield associated with feeding high fibre levels but there was only a partial improvement in belly fat iodine value.
10 January 2013
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