Effect of physical form of diet on piglets’ performance after weaning

Nesz, Péter and Nagyné Kiszlinger, Henrietta (2020) Effect of physical form of diet on piglets’ performance after weaning. ÁLLATTENYÉSZTÉS ÉS TAKARMÁNYOZÁS, 69 (2). pp. 155-162. ISSN 0230-1814

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Abstract

Research was carried out on weaned crossbred piglets to compare two feeding methods. Both before and after weaning the same three phase feeding program was conducted both for the control and the treatment group in terms of types of piglet feed. However, while the control group was fed dry feed for 1 week after weaning continued with liquid feed for the remaining time, the treatment group had liquid feed for the whole nursery period. The control (dry fed) and treatment (liquid fed) groups consisted of 60 piglets each, 120 piglets in total. Feed intake, feed conversion ratio, body weight and uniformity of growth were measured. Overall average daily feed intake was in the control and trial group 680 g and 850 g/piglet, respectively. For the first week these values were 201 g and 286 g, respectively. Feed conversion ratio was 1.56 kg/kg and 1.7 kg/kg for the control and trial group. For the first week after weaning the values were 1 kg/kg and 1.16 kg/kg. Pre-weaning daily weight gain was higher in the dry fed group than in the liquid fed group, 273 vs. 252 g/day, but tendencies changed after weaning. Overall daily weight gain after weaning for liquid fed group exceeded that of dry fed group, 465 g/day and 421 g/day, respectively. By the end of the trial piglets fed liquid for the entire nursery period became more uniform than piglets started with dry feed for one week after weaning. Regarding only the first week we can conclude that feeding piglets with liquid diet right after weaning helps challenged piglets get through this critical period more easily but based only on this single research we can not state that our overall results are the consequence of the different feeding methods.

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