Impact of Feeder Adjustment on Weaner Performance
By Laura Smith, A. Denise Beaulieu, John, F. Patience, Harold W. Gonyou, and R. Dean Boyd. An experiment was conducted to examine the impact of group size / density and feeder adjustment on the performance of weanling pigs. Providing more floor space resulted in increased body weight at 10 weeks of age. Performance was maximized when the feeder gap allowed for 40% of the trough to be covered with feed. Moreover, proper adjustment of the feeder reduced the time spent eating and thus increased feeder capacity.
28 March 2008
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