Effect of liquid feeding at different water-to-feed ratios on the growth performance of growing-finishing pigs

The study examined the growth performance of pigs offered liquid feed or dry feed on either a restricted or an ad libitum basis, and whether their growth performance was further influenced by the water-to-feed ratio. The study was split into two parts to enable unrestricted (trial 1; n = 64) and res...

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Main Authors: D. Hurst, L. Clarke, I.J. Lean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173110800253X