Applying precision feeding techniques in growing-finishing pig operations Técnicas de alimentação de precisão em operações de suínos em crescimento-terminação

The high cost of feed ingredients, the use of non-renewable sources of phosphate and the dramatic increase in the environmental load resulting from the excessive land application of manure are major challenges for the livestock industry. Precision feeding is proposed as an essential approach to impr...

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Main Authors: Cândido Pomar, Luciano Hauschild, Guo-Hua Zhang, Jesus Pomar, Paolo Alberto Lovatto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2009-07-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982009001300023