NATURAL MINERAL FEED FOR PIGS

Alternative Feed Ingredients for Pigs

Largely due to the demand for grains for the bio-fuel industry, the cost of feed energy will increase worldwide. Therefore, alternative energy supplying pig feed ingredients should be explored, including distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), field peas, wheat shorts and liquid co-products from the bio-fuel and food industry. The inclusion of DDGS in diets is limited by the fiber concent...

Fermented liquid feed for pigs: a review

Feed Energy Evaluation for Growing Pigs*

Pigs require energy for maintenance and productive purposes, and an accurate amount of available energy in feeds should be provided according to their energy requirement. Available energy in feeds for pigs has been characterized as DE, ME, or NE by considering sequential energy losses during digestion and metabolism from GE in feeds. Among these energy values, the NE system has been recognized ...

Mycotoxins in Feed for Pigs and Poultry

Mycological and mycotoxicological analysis of many feedingstuffs and complete mashes for different animal species and categories have showen that the feed safety problem has been present for years. It is approved that mouldy feed can contain various mycotoxins, but among them in our conditions the most investigated are aflatoxins, ochratoxins, zearalenone and some trichotecenes. Based on labora...

High-copper mineral mixture for fattening pigs.

Barber, Braude, Mitchell & Cassidy (1955, and unpublished work) have observed that the growth rate of fattening pigs can be enhanced by including in their rations a mineral mixture supplying 250p.p.m. copper in the diet. In order to substantiate these findings a field trial was carried out in which eight centres co-operated. At four of the centres two replicates of the test were run, so that al...