Effects of feeder design and pellet quality on finishing pigs
- Amornthewaphat, N.
- Hancock, Joe D.
- Behnke, Keith C.
- McKinney, Leland J.
- Starkey, C.W.
- Lee, D.J.
- Jones, C.L.
- Park, J.S.
- Dean, D.W.
Publication date
January 2000
DOI Publisher
Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service ISSN
2378-5977 Citation count (estimate)
1Abstract
Pigs fed from wet/dry feeders had 2.5% greater ADG and used 26% less water compared to pigs fed from conventional dry feeders. Also, as percentage fines was increased from none to 50%, ADG and digestibilities of DM and N decreased. However, the decreased ADG with increased pellet fines occurred only with the conventional dry feeder
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