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Lysine levels and ideal ratios of amino acids for finishing pigs
… (EF = 50 to 90 kg) and late (LF = 90 to 110 kg) finishing barrows and gilts. The basal diets were reduced crude protein (CP), amino acid fortified basal diets which contained 11% and 10% CP for the EF and LF periods, respectively. Response criteria were fitted to a rectilinear ""broken-line"" …
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Coffee grounds as a grain replacement in rations for growing-finishing pigs
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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Coffee grounds as a grain replacement in rations for growing-finishing pigs
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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Tail-biting in growing-finishing pigs with intact tails: evaluating group size and litter origin
… and behavioral risk factors of tail-biting in pigs with intact tails, using group-level and individual-level approaches, and to evaluate associated welfare outcomes across diverse contexts. Two major research projects were conducted, which are presented across four data-driven chapters that …
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Nutritional and Environmental Factors Affecting Feed Intake Level and Pattern in Growing and Finishing Pigs
… Feed Intake Recording Equipment in growing and finishing pigs. Barrows had a greater number of meals per day than boars and gilts. Daily feed intake increased with dietary lysine content due to increased meal sizes. There was one peak feeding behavior between 0900 and 1100 and lower feeding …
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Genotype by environment interaction for feed efficiency in growing-finishing pigs in Brazil versus the Netherlands
… 1s to improve feed efficiency of crossbred (CB) pigs across the diverse, and often challenging, environments in commercial farms. The main aim of this thesis was to investigate the existence and magnitude of genotype by environment interaction for feed efficiency im CB pigs kept under Brazilian …
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Evaluation of the accuracy of simple body measurements for live weight prediction in growing-finishing pigs
… to predict the live weight of growing-finishing pigs. Study I used 72 barrows from a Landrace-based line; Study II used 72 barrows from each of a Landrace-based (the same line as used in Study I) and a Duroc-based line. Study I was carried out between 57.5 ± 7.1 and 126.6 ± 7.45 kg BW; …
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The effect of water quality, acidification, and zinc source on growth performance of nursery and finishing pigs
… and body weight variation of grow-finish pigs, 2) evaluating water characteristics and their effects on reducing water pH using citric acid, and 3) evaluating the effect of dietary ABC-4 formulation strategy, water source, and water acidification on the growth performance and fecal dry …
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Effects of mixing on the growth performance of finishing pigs and factors affecting the response to mixing
… were conducted to evaluate the effects of mixing finishing pigs on growth performance and morbidity and mortality. Study 1 evaluated the effect of gender and of time of mixing (at either wk 9, 11, 13, 15, or 17 post-weaning) from 33.4 to 130.0 kg BW. The results of this study suggested that pigs …
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Effect of sire line and rearing environment on the growth performance and carcass characteristics of growing-finishing pigs
… and carcass characteristics of growing-finishing pigs were evaluated using 208 barrows from 2 purebred sire lines. The study was conducted as a randomized complete block design (blocking factor was the day of start of test) with a 2 x 5 factorial arrangement of the following treatments: …
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Effects of a maternal inflammation challenge on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of growing-finishing pigs
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms
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Influence of supplemental chromium picolinate on nitrogen balance, dry matter digestibility and carcass traits in growing-finishing pigs
… nitrogen balance and leanness in growing-finishing pigs. In three similar trials, 12 crossbred barrows (littermate pairs) were used in each trial for two nitrogen balance periods (end of grower and end of finisher). After the second nitrogen balance period, all the barrows were killed and …
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Dietary Protein-Lysine-Energy Requirements and Relationships for Weanling Pigs and Dietary Lysine Requirements for Finishing Pigs (Amino Acids, Calories)
Successful weaning of pigs at a young age is very important for the pig industry, however, specific quantative requirements of the early weaned pig for several nutrients have not been precisely identified, in particular, optimum dietary levels of protein, lysine, energy and their relationships. …
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Feeding high oleic soybean oil to growing-finishing pigs: effects on growth performance, carcass characteristics, loin quality, and bacon attributes
… feeding high oleic soybean oil (HOSO) to growing-finishing pigs on growth performance, carcass characteristics and yield, loin quality and shelf life, and fat and belly quality. A total of 288 pigs raised in two equal blocks were assigned to 1 of 4 diets containing either 25% dried distillers’ …
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Effect of ractopamine hydrochloride (Paylean®) on fresh meat and further processing characteristics of muscles from the shoulders of finishing pigs
… characteristics of muscle from the shoulder of finishing pigs. Two hundred and forty shoulders originating from 120 carcasses (60 barrows and 60 gilts) were selected from a commercial population of pigs. This study was designed as a 2 x 2 factorial in a randomized complete design. Factors were …
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Effects of body weight and research conditions on the productive energy content of corn germ meal fed to growing-finishing pigs
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Effect Of Field Pea And Multicarbohydrase Enzymes Inclusion On Growth, Diet Digestibility, And Greenhouse Gas Emissions Of Finishing Pigs And Their Manure
… pea and multicarbohydrase enzymes to the diet of finishing pigs has the potential to reduce overall GHG output of pork production.
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Feline Toxoplasma Vaccine in Reducing the Exposure of Swine to Toxoplasma Gondii
… the following hypotheses. T. gondii infection in finishing pigs decreases with (1) vaccination of susceptible cats, (2) increased cat capture rate (for vaccination), (3) decreased number of cats, (4) decreased T. gondii prevalence in cats, and (5) decreased oocyst survival time. Simulations were …
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The effects of zinc source and supplemental copper on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and morbidity and mortality of growing-finishing pigs raised under commercial conditions
… and morbidity and mortality of growing-finishing pigs raised under commercial conditions. In both studies, the zinc sources were included at levels to marginally exceed the requirements of growing-finishing pigs suggested by NRC (2012); the copper source, which was only included in the …
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Feeding peroxidized soybean oil to finishing pigs: Effects on performance, nutrient digestibility, carcass characteristics, and the shelf-life of loin chops and commercially manufactured bacon
… 45, 90 and 180°C processed SO, respectively. Pigs were individually housed and fed ad libitum for 81 d to measure growth performance, including a metabolism period to collect urine and feces for determination of GE, lipid, N digestibility, and N retention. Following the last day of fecal and …
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