Digestibility and metabolic utilisation of diets containing chestnut tannins and their effects on growth and slaughter traits of heavy pigs

Digestibility and metabolic utilisation of diets containing chestnut tannins and their effects on growth and slaughter traits of heavy pigs

This research aims at evaluating the effects of the dietary addition of a supplement containing 75% of chestnut tannins (CT) on growth performance, slaughter traits (Experiment 1) and on nutrient utilisation (Experiment 2) of Italian heavy pigs. Exp. 1 compared a control (C) diet with diets containi...

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Main Authors: Gianluca Galassi, Federico Mason, Luca Rapetti, Gianni M. Crovetto, Mauro Spanghero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
Subjects:
chestnut tannin
digestibility
heavy pigs
growth
slaughter traits
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2019.1570361

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