Digestible energy content for Berkshire triticale varies depending on season and site
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-2013
Conference Title
Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association
Place of Publication
Melbourne
ISBN
978-0-9806880-3-0
ISSN
1324 9177
Keywords
pigs, swine, energy content
Disciplines
Meat Science | Other Animal Sciences
Abstract
A major aim associated with the development of Berkshire, a triticale variety propagated with funding from the Pork CRC, was to produce a feed grain with a high level of digestible energy (DE) and hence an ingredient that offered cost efficiencies in diet formulations. Berkshire has now been registered as a Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) variety and has been grown in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. However, little has been documented in regard to the variation in DE content of Berkshire across these growing regions.
Recommended Citation
Pluske, J M,
Pluske, J R,
and
Kim, J C.
(2013), Digestible energy content for Berkshire triticale varies depending on season and site, Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Melbourne, pp.118-118.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/conf_papers/233
