Abstract:

Increasing creep pellet size improves creep feed disappearance of gilt and sow progeny in lactation and enhances pig production after weaning

Jessica R. Craig, PhD; Jae C. Kim, PhD; Chris J. Brewster, MAgSci; Robert J. Smits, PhD; Casie Braden, BAnimSci; John R. Pluske, PhD

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Objective: To determine if feeding a larger diameter pellet increases creep feed intake and growth rate of piglets during lactation, especially that of gilt progeny (GP) compared to sow progeny (SP), and stimulates feed intake after weaning.

Keywords: gilt progeny, creep feed, weaning, pellet diameter

RIS citationCite as: Craig JR, Kim JC, Brewster CJ, Smits RJ, Braden C, Pluske JR. Increasing creep pellet size improves creep feed disappearance of gilt and sow progeny in lactation and enhances pig production after weaning. J Swine Health Prod 2021;29(1):10-18.

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