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Effects of varying nursery phase-feeding programs on growth performance of pigs during the nursery and subsequent grow-finish phases
The present study investigated the effects of varying durations of nursery diets differing in percentages of milk products on growth performance of pigs during the nursery phase (NP) and subsequent grow-finish phase (GFP) to find the feasibility of reducing the use of nursery diets containing costly...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540289/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26290713 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2055-0391-56-24 |
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author | Lee, Chai Hyun Jung, Dae-Yun Park, Man Jong Lee, C Young |
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description | The present study investigated the effects of varying durations of nursery diets differing in percentages of milk products on growth performance of pigs during the nursery phase (NP) and subsequent grow-finish phase (GFP) to find the feasibility of reducing the use of nursery diets containing costly milk products. A total of 204 21-d-old weanling female and castrated male pigs were subjected to one of three nursery phase feeding programs differing in durations on the NP 1 and 2 and GFP diets containing 20%, 7%, and 0% lacrosse and 35%, 8%, and 0% dried whey, respectively, in 6 pens (experimental units) for 33 d: HIGH (NP 1, 2 and 3 diets for 7, 14, and 12 d), MEDIUM (NP 2 and 3 for 14 and 19 d), and LOW (NP 2 and 3 and GFP 1 for 7, 14, and 12 d). Subsequently, 84 randomly selected pigs [14 pigs (replicates)/pen] were fed the GFP 1, 2 and 3 diets during d 54-96, 96-135, and 135-182 of age, respectively. The final body weight (BW) and average daily gain (ADG) of nursery pigs did not differ among the HIGH, MEDIUM, and LOW groups (14.8, 13.3, and 13.7 kg in BW and 273, 225, and 237 g in ADG, respectively). The average daily feed intake during the nursery phase was greater (p <0.01) in the HIGH group than in the MEDIUM and LOW groups, whereas the gain:feed ratio did not differ across the treatments. The BW on d 182 and ADG during d 54-182 were greater in the HIGH and MEDIUM groups vs. the LOW group (110.0, 107.6, and 99.6 kg in BW, respectively; p <0.01). The backfat thickness and carcass grade at slaughter on d 183 did not differ across the treatments. In conclusion, the MEDIUM program may be inferior to the commonly used HIGH program in supporting nursery pig growth. Nevertheless, the former appears to be more efficient than the latter in production cost per market pig whereas the LOW program is thought to be inefficient because of its negative effect on post-nursery pig growth. |
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spelling | pubmed-45402892015-08-19 Effects of varying nursery phase-feeding programs on growth performance of pigs during the nursery and subsequent grow-finish phases Lee, Chai Hyun Jung, Dae-Yun Park, Man Jong Lee, C Young J Anim Sci Technol Research The present study investigated the effects of varying durations of nursery diets differing in percentages of milk products on growth performance of pigs during the nursery phase (NP) and subsequent grow-finish phase (GFP) to find the feasibility of reducing the use of nursery diets containing costly milk products. A total of 204 21-d-old weanling female and castrated male pigs were subjected to one of three nursery phase feeding programs differing in durations on the NP 1 and 2 and GFP diets containing 20%, 7%, and 0% lacrosse and 35%, 8%, and 0% dried whey, respectively, in 6 pens (experimental units) for 33 d: HIGH (NP 1, 2 and 3 diets for 7, 14, and 12 d), MEDIUM (NP 2 and 3 for 14 and 19 d), and LOW (NP 2 and 3 and GFP 1 for 7, 14, and 12 d). Subsequently, 84 randomly selected pigs [14 pigs (replicates)/pen] were fed the GFP 1, 2 and 3 diets during d 54-96, 96-135, and 135-182 of age, respectively. The final body weight (BW) and average daily gain (ADG) of nursery pigs did not differ among the HIGH, MEDIUM, and LOW groups (14.8, 13.3, and 13.7 kg in BW and 273, 225, and 237 g in ADG, respectively). The average daily feed intake during the nursery phase was greater (p <0.01) in the HIGH group than in the MEDIUM and LOW groups, whereas the gain:feed ratio did not differ across the treatments. The BW on d 182 and ADG during d 54-182 were greater in the HIGH and MEDIUM groups vs. the LOW group (110.0, 107.6, and 99.6 kg in BW, respectively; p <0.01). The backfat thickness and carcass grade at slaughter on d 183 did not differ across the treatments. In conclusion, the MEDIUM program may be inferior to the commonly used HIGH program in supporting nursery pig growth. Nevertheless, the former appears to be more efficient than the latter in production cost per market pig whereas the LOW program is thought to be inefficient because of its negative effect on post-nursery pig growth. BioMed Central 2014-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4540289/ /pubmed/26290713 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2055-0391-56-24 Text en © Lee et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Lee, Chai Hyun Jung, Dae-Yun Park, Man Jong Lee, C Young Effects of varying nursery phase-feeding programs on growth performance of pigs during the nursery and subsequent grow-finish phases |
title | Effects of varying nursery phase-feeding programs on growth performance of pigs during the nursery and subsequent grow-finish phases |
title_full | Effects of varying nursery phase-feeding programs on growth performance of pigs during the nursery and subsequent grow-finish phases |
title_fullStr | Effects of varying nursery phase-feeding programs on growth performance of pigs during the nursery and subsequent grow-finish phases |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of varying nursery phase-feeding programs on growth performance of pigs during the nursery and subsequent grow-finish phases |
title_short | Effects of varying nursery phase-feeding programs on growth performance of pigs during the nursery and subsequent grow-finish phases |
title_sort | effects of varying nursery phase-feeding programs on growth performance of pigs during the nursery and subsequent grow-finish phases |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540289/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26290713 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2055-0391-56-24 |
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