Document Type

Report

Report Number

Swine 84-11

Publication Date

1984

Summary

As pigs approach market weight, the range in weight within a pen often increases with the slow grower lagging further and further behind. These slow growers represent a management problem for producers because they occupy expensive pen space and continue to consume feed for body maintenance needs even though they may not be growing. The objective of the study reported herein was to determine if pigs identified as slow growers during ·the growing period would respond to high levels of dietary antibiotics during the finishing period.

Number of Pages

3

Type

text

Format

application/pdf

Language

en

Publisher

Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University

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