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Some preliminary experiments on the value of small quantities of whole cows' milk when fed to pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

A. H. Blissett
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying (University of Reading).
J. Golding
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying (University of Reading).

Extract

The results of four experiments are described in which twenty-five pigs were fed on a ration containing half a pint of milk. Eighteen were fed on control rations, generally considered to be adequate, and of which in one series dried separated milk was a constitutent.

In every case the fresh milk produced an increase in live weight over the controls varying from 8 to 10 per cent. Less dry matter per lb. increase in live weight was consumed by the experimental pigs than by the controls.

The returns for half a pint of milk fed per pig daily expressed as pounds live weight gain per gallon of milk fed, were as follows:

The higher values in Exps. 2 and 4 may have been due to the fact that the pigs were individually fed but differed in that the milk was mixed with the food in Exp. 2 and fed separately in Exp. 4.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1928

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