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Effect on growth performance of growing pigs fed a dry diet, a naturally fermented diet or an inoculated fermented diet

  • Monette Swanson
  • , Mingan Choct
  • , R J Van Barneveld

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Abstract

Alternatives to in-feed antibiotics have become increasingly important due to concerns about the rising incidence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Fermented liquid diets may be one way to solve this problem as fermented feed is characterised by high numbers of lactic acid bacteria and yeast, a low pH and a high concentration of lactic acid (Brooks et al. 1996). Feeding liquid diets to slaughter pigs, compared to dry diets, has shown to improve the efficiency of feed utilisation albeit the effect on growth rate is less consistent compared to dry feed (reviewed by Jensen and Mikkelsen 1998). This study investigated the growth performance of growing pigs fed either a fermented liquid feed or a dry diet under a commercial setting.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRecent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia
EditorsP B Cronje, N Richards
Place of PublicationArmidale, Australia
PublisherUniversity of New England
Pages15A-15A
Volume15
ISBN (Print)186389926X
Publication statusPublished - 2005
EventRAAN 2005: Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia - University of New England, Armidale, Australia
Duration: 10 Jul 200513 Jul 2005

Conference

ConferenceRAAN 2005: Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia
CityArmidale, Australia
Period10/07/0513/07/05

Keywords

  • Animal Nutrition

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