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To determine whether adding supplemental fat levels, various fat sources, and milk products to nursery diets impacts growth performance in weanling pigs and subsequent grow-finish phases.

November 1, 1995Journal of Animal Science

Effect of adding fat and(or) milk products to the weanling pig diet on performance in the nursery and subsequent grow-finish stages

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MTM. D. TokachUniversity of Findlay JPJ. E. PettigrewHertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research LJL. J. JohnstonUniversity of Minnesota Morris

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Controlled feeding trial demonstrates that milk products, but not supplemental fat, improve early growth and market weight in weanling pigs, indicating phase-specific dietary nutritional requirements.

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To determine whether adding supplemental fat levels, various fat sources, and milk products to nursery diets impacts growth performance in weanling pigs and subsequent grow-finish phases.
Conducted six nursery experiments evaluating a total of 1,204 weanling pigs across distinct post-weaning timeframes (days 0 to 14 and days 14 to 35).
Assessed dietary milk products (0% vs. 40%), graded levels of soybean oil (up to 9%), and fat sources including soybean oil, corn oil, and tallow.
Measured nursery growth indices (ADG, ADFI, and G/F) and followed pigs to market weight in Exp. 6 (N=240) to evaluate subsequent grow-finish outcomes.
Adding 40% milk products to nursery diets significantly improved ADG, ADFI, and G/F (P < .01), and enhanced overall growth performance to market weight (P < .08).
Supplemental fat provided from d 0 to 14 after weaning did not influence pig performance, with no differences observed among soybean oil, corn oil, or tallow.
Increasing soybean oil from d 14 to 35 did not change ADG but produced a linear improvement in G/F (P < .001), without improving subsequent finish performance.

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Tokach et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a09f6b487ad1657d251e709 https://doi.org/10.2527/1995.73113358x

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Effect of adding fat and(or) milk products to the weanling pig diet on performance in the nursery and subsequent grow-finish stages

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