Pasture-Based Swine Management: Behaviour and Performances of Growing-Finishing Pigs

Pasture-Based Swine Management: Behaviour and Performances of Growing-Finishing Pigs

A pasture-based swine management (PBSM) trial was conducted in Piemonte (N-W Italy) to study the performances and the carcass yield of 16 hybrid pigs (8 castrated males and 8 females; average initial weight: 90 kg). Animals were allowed to forage pea, clover, beet and alfalfa pastures for 170 days i...

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Main Authors: Riccardo Fortina, Alberto Brugiapaglia, Sonia Tassone, Vanda Malfatto, Andrea Cavallero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Agroprint Timisoara 2011-05-01
Series:Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies
Subjects:
pig management
nutrition
forage
crop-pasture
pig performances
Online Access:http://spasb.ro/index.php/spasb/article/view/284

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