Effect of Dietary Lactose on Gain, Feed Conversion, Blood, Bone and Intestinal Parameters in Postweaning Rats and Swine

Authors

R. L. Moser, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
E. R. Peo, Jr., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
T. D. Crenshaw, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
P. J. Cunningham, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1980

Comments

Published in the Journal of Animal Science 51 (1980), pp. 89-99. Copyright © 1980 American Society of Animal Science. Used by permission.

Abstract

Two trials were conducted to determine the effect of lactose on performance, bone integrity and certain blood constituents in post-weaning rats and swine. The effect of lactose on calcium and phosphorus and percentage ash content of the small intestine was also determined. In both trials, average daily gains were not influenced by the feeding of diets containing 30% lactose. Feed conversion was depressed in both rats and pigs when 30% lactose was fed.