Pre-and post-weaning growth in relation to creep feed consumption of individual piglets
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2005
Conference Title
Tenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association
Place of Publication
Christchurch
ISBN
978-0-9806880-4-7
ISSN
1324-9177
Keywords
pigs, swine
Disciplines
Meat Science
Abstract
Consumption of creep feed pre-weaning is thought to stimulate food intake and growth after weaning (Bruininx et al., 2004). Creep feed intake has traditionally been assessed on the basis of average intake per piglet, which is erroneous because it assumes that all piglets in a litter eat the same amount of feed. Coloured markers can be used in the feed to distinguish between piglets eating different amounts of creep feed by assessing how many times faeces of each piglet is stained with the marker. (Bruininx et al., 2004). In this study we determined whether creep feed intake of individual piglets could be determined qualitatively during lactation using a dye related to post-weaning performance.
Recommended Citation
Kim, J C,
Mullan, B P,
Payne, H,
Callesen, J,
and
Wilson, R H.
(2005), Pre-and post-weaning growth in relation to creep feed consumption of individual piglets, Tenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Christchurch, pp.165-165.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/conf_papers/185
