R. Braude1, M. Jill Townsend1, G. Harrington2, J. G. Rowell2
1National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfteld, Reading
2A.R.C. Statistics Group, School of Agriculture , University of Cambridge ,
Tóm tắt
1. A co-ordinated trial has been carried out at 17 centres to compare the effects on performance and carcass quality of feeding growing pigs once or twice daily.2. No significant differences were found between growth rate, efficiency of food conversion or length of pigs on the two treatments.3. Killing out percentage was on average 0·92% worse for the pigs fed once daily, a significant effect, probably because the pigs on the two treatments received different amounts of food at the last feed before slaughter.
