Response of Different Genetic Lines of Boars to Varying Levels of Dietary Calcium and Phosphorus

Authors

R. D. Nimmo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
E. R. Peo, Jr., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
B. D. Moser, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
P. J. Cunningham, Win Butler University
T. D. Crenshaw, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
D. G. Olson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1980

Comments

Published in the Journal of Animal Science 51 (1980), pp. 112-120. Copyright © 1980 American Society of Animal Science. Used by permission.

Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of various levels of dietary calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) on performance, soundness and blood and bone parameters of different genetic lines of boars fed under variable environmental conditions. The first experiment compared different genetic lines of boars fed two levels of dietary Ca and P. Forty purebred (Large White) and Nebraska Gene Pool boars were allotted by breed and initial weight to two levels of dietary Ca and P (.65 Ca/.50% P and 1.3% Ca/1.0% P).