Influence of dietary fiber and copper on growth performance and carcass characteristics of finishing pigs and utilizing linear programming to determine pig flow

Doctor of Philosophy === Department of Animal Sciences and Industry === Joel M. DeRouchey === A total of 7,061 finishing pigs were used in 7 experiments. Experiment 1 investigated the effects of withdrawing high-fiber ingredients prior to marketing to optimize growth performance, carcass yield, and...

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Main Author: Coble, Kyle Francis
Language:en_US
Published: Kansas State University 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2097/19084