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dc.contributor.authorChoct, Men
dc.contributor.authorSelby, EADen
dc.contributor.authorCadogan, DJen
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, RGen
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-18T11:12:00Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Journal of Agricultural Research, 55(2), p. 247-252en
dc.identifier.issn1444-9838en
dc.identifier.issn0004-9409en
dc.identifier.issn1836-5795en
dc.identifier.issn1836-0947en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/533-
dc.description.abstractTwo experiments were conducted to examine the effect of liquid to feed ratio, steeping time, and enzyme supplementation on performance of weaner pigs. In Expt 1, 40 male weaner pigs (weaned at 27 days of age) were randomly allocated to 4 treatments, including a dry control and 3 liquid diets of differing liquid: feed ratios (2 : 1, 3 : 1, and 4 : 1). Pigs were fed individually. Bodyweight was measured weekly and feed intake measured daily. The results confirmed the advantage of liquid feeding but indicated that liquid: feed ratio had very little effect on performance of weaner pigs. Whereas the digestible energy (DE) content of the 2 : 1 and 3 : 1 diets was similar to the control diet, the DE content of the 4 : 1 diet was significantly lower, possibly due to the removal of the insoluble marker (long chain hydrocarbon) by the amount of water in the diet.In Expt 2, the effect of a xylanase and steeping time on pig performance was assessed in a 2 × 2 factorial design (2 steeping times, 1 h v. 15 h; enzyme addition, + v. –). Sixty male weaner pigs (weaned at 27 days of age) were randomly allocated to 4 treatments and fed individually for 3 weeks. Bodyweight was measured weekly and feed intake measured daily. The experiment revealed that both steeping and enzyme addition increased feed intake (P < 0.01) and growth rate (P < 0.05), suggesting that both techniques influence the non-starch polysaccharide composition of the wheat-based diet. Feed conversion ratio (FCR) tended to be improved more by steeping than by enzyme addition (P = 0.06). The results would suggest that steeping improves FCR by allowing increased hydration of feed and subsequent activation of the endogenous enzymes present naturally in grains.The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that the water: solid feed ratio would affect nutrient availability to weaner pigs fed liquid diets.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishingen
dc.relation.ispartofAustralian Journal of Agricultural Researchen
dc.titleEffect of liquid to feed ratio, steeping time and enzyme supplementation on the performance of weaner pigsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/AR03106en
dcterms.accessRightsUNE Greenen
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Nutritionen
local.contributor.firstnameMen
local.contributor.firstnameEADen
local.contributor.firstnameDJen
local.contributor.firstnameRGen
local.subject.for2008070204 Animal Nutritionen
local.subject.seo630105 Pigsen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailmchoct@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
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local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage247en
local.format.endpage252en
local.identifier.scopusid1642364829en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume55en
local.identifier.issue2en
local.access.fulltextYesen
local.contributor.lastnameChocten
local.contributor.lastnameSelbyen
local.contributor.lastnameCadoganen
local.contributor.lastnameCampbellen
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dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleEffect of liquid to feed ratio, steeping time and enzyme supplementation on the performance of weaner pigsen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorChoct, Men
local.search.authorSelby, EADen
local.search.authorCadogan, DJen
local.search.authorCampbell, RGen
local.open.fileurlhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/3d5e216c-d23f-4cb8-a820-743ee482448aen
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local.year.published2004en
local.fileurl.openhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/3d5e216c-d23f-4cb8-a820-743ee482448aen
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