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Fish meal

2015

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Effect Of Fish Meal Source On Nursery Pig Performance, A. M. Jones, J. C. Woodworth, R. D. Goodband, M. D. Tokach, S. S. Dritz, J. M. Derouchey Jan 2015

Effect Of Fish Meal Source On Nursery Pig Performance, A. M. Jones, J. C. Woodworth, R. D. Goodband, M. D. Tokach, S. S. Dritz, J. M. Derouchey

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

A total of 600 pigs (Exp. 1, n=250, PIC 327 × 1050; Exp. 2, n=350, DNA Line 200 × 400 with an initial BW of 15.6 ± 0.1 and 14.3 ± 0.2, respectively) were used in two 14-d experiments to determine the effects of fish meal source on nursery pig performance. Each experiment had 10 pens per treatment and five pigs per pen. In Exp. 1, pigs were allotted to pens at weaning (d 0) and were fed a common starter diet for 5 d. On d 5, pens of pigs were allotted by BW to experimental diets that were …