Document Type
Report
Report Number
A.S. Series 68-32
Publication Date
1968
Summary
Calcium and phosphorus have long been recognized as mineral elements that are seriously deficient in cereal grains and plant by-products. However, some questions arise as to the availability of these minerals, particularly phosphorus, in cereal grains and by-products and the requirements of swine for these minerals. Evidence of lameness of growing-finishing swine is often associated with a calcium or phosphorus problem in the ration although these minerals may or may not be a factor related to this condition. This experiment was conducted to study the effects of com-soybean meal rations containing varying levels of added calcium and phosphorus on growth performance, carcass characteristics and levels of calcium and phosphorus in the blood serum of growing-finishing swine.
Number of Pages
6
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Wahlstrom, Richard C. and Goey, Larry De, "Calcium and Phosphorus Levels in Rations for Growing-Finishing Swine" (1968). South Dakota Swine Field Day Proceedings and Research Reports, 1968. 7.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sd_swine_1968/7