Development of new wheat varieties for the pig industry: digestible energy yield of candidate wheats
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2011
Conference Title
Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association
Place of Publication
Adelaide
ISBN
978-0-9806880-1-6
ISSN
1324 9177
Keywords
pigs, swine
Disciplines
Animal Sciences | Meat Science | Other Animal Sciences
Abstract
Securing more reliable and consistent energy supplies for pig diets is one of the major challenges facing Australian pig production due to volatility of the international grain price and variable grain yields between seasons. A more reliable and consistent energy supply will reduce variation in the annual cost of pig feed and total cost of pig feed. The aim of this experiment was to identify specific lines of wheat that are high yielding and contain high levels of digestible energy (DE) from the InterGrain (Kensington, WA) gene pool for potential commercial release.
Recommended Citation
Kim, J C,
Pluske, J R,
Mullan, B P,
King, R H,
Wilson, R H,
Mullan, D J,
Walmsley, T G,
and
Pluske, J R.
(2011), Development of new wheat varieties for the pig industry: digestible energy yield of candidate wheats, Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Adelaide, pp.68-68.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/conf_papers/124
