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Effects Of Removal And Remixing Of Heavyweight Pigs On Performance To Slaughter Weights, M. C. Brumm, L. J. Johnston, D W. Rozeboom
Effects Of Removal And Remixing Of Heavyweight Pigs On Performance To Slaughter Weights, M. C. Brumm, L. J. Johnston, D W. Rozeboom
Haskell Agricultural Laboratory (Northeast Research and Extension Center)
An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of heavyweight pig removal and remixing on performance. The experiment used a total of 450 pigs (31 kg initial BW) that were sorted and remixed at a mean replicate BW of 73 kg. Treatments were 15 pigs/pen from initial BW to slaughter (15S), 20 pigs/pen from initial BW to time of sort and remix, then reduced to 15 pigs/pen (20/ 15), and 15 pigs/pen from time of sort and remix to slaughter, comprised of the 5 heaviest pigs from each of three 20/15 pens per replicate (15M …