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GRASS SILAGE IN DIETS FOR ORGANIC GROWING-FINISHING PIGS

Bikker, P.; Binnendijk, G.P.; Vermeer, H. M. and van der Peet-Schwering, C.M.C. (2014) GRASS SILAGE IN DIETS FOR ORGANIC GROWING-FINISHING PIGS. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.) Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 3, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 815-818.

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In this study, organically raised pigs received an increasing proportion of grass silage up to 10 and 20% dry matter in the daily ration in the grower and finisher period, respectively, to determine the effects on feed intake and growth performance. The pigs receiving a mixture of grass silage and compound feed ingested 0.3 kg DM/d (13% of their daily ration) as grass silage and realised a similar daily net energy intake as pigs fed compound feed only. However, the silage fed pigs realised a lower daily gain (37 g/d) and a lower calculated net energy utilisation (1.6 MJ/kg) for gain and a lower dressing percentage (1.1%) of the carcass. The nutritive value of grass silage for growing pigs requires further investigation to clarify and minimise the loss in animal performance.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Paper
Keywords:pigs, grass silage, growth performance, carcass quality
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Subjects: Animal husbandry > Feeding and growth
Animal husbandry > Production systems > Pigs
Research affiliation: European Union > CORE Organic II > ICOPP
International Conferences > 2014: 18th IFOAM OWC Scientific Track: 4th ISOFAR Scientific Conference
Netherlands > Wageningen University & Research (WUR) > Animal Sciences Group ASG
ISBN:978-3-86576-128-6
DOI:10.3220/REP_20_1_2014
Deposited By: Bikker, Dr. Paul
ID Code:24257
Deposited On:03 Nov 2014 10:04
Last Modified:04 Sep 2017 11:12
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted
Additional Publishing Information:urn:nbn:de:gbv:253-201407-dn053621-1

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