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| Provedor de dados: |
Organic Eprints
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| País: |
Germany
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| Título: |
Free-range pigs foraging on Jerusalem artichokes (Helianthus tuberosus L.) – Effect of feeding strategy on growth, feed conversion and animal behaviour
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| Autores: |
Kongsted, A.G.
Horsted, K.
Hermansen, J.E.
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| Data: |
2013-03-13
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| Ano: |
2013
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| Palavras-chave: |
Pigs
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The nutritional contributions from free-range foraging, growth, feed conversion and behaviour were investigated in 36 growing pigs foraging on Jerusalem artichokes (JA) and fed concentrates restrictedly (30% of energy recommendations) or ad libitum. Compared to the ad libitum fed pigs, the pigs fed restrictedly had a significant lower daily gain (560 vs. 1224 g pig_1), improved feed conversion ratio (17.6 vs. 42.8 MJ ME concentrate kg_1 live weight gain) and spent more time foraging JA tubers (7.9 vs. 1.1%). It is estimated that pigs fed restrictedly found approximately 60% of their energy requirement from foraging in the range.
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Journal paper
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http://orgprints.org/22628/7/22628.pdf
Kongsted, A.G.; Horsted, K. and Hermansen, J.E. (2013) Free-range pigs foraging on Jerusalem artichokes (Helianthus tuberosus L.) – Effect of feeding strategy on growth, feed conversion and animal behaviour. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A – Animal Science, 63, pp. 76-83.
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| Relação: |
http://orgprints.org/22628/
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application/pdf
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