Animal Science, Department of

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1979

Comments

Published in the Journal of Animal Science 48 (1979), pp. 1385-1393.. Copyright © 1979 American Society of Animal Science. Used by permission.

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of roughages on the utilization of dietary nitrogen, energy and fiber by gravid swine. Water consumption, backfat depletion, pregnancy weight gain, and reproductive performance were used as response criteria.

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