Influence of Age, Sex, and Calcium and Phosphorus Levels on the Mechanical Properties of Various Bones in Swine

Authors

T. D. Crenshaw, University of Wisconsin
E. R. Peo, Jr., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
A. J. Lewis, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
B. D. Moser, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
D. Olson, Iowa State University

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1981

Comments

Published in the Journal of Animal Science 52 (1981), pp. 1319-1329. Copyright © 1981 American Society of Animal Science. Used by permission.

Abstract

Seventy-two 4-week-old pigs were randomly assigned by sex (gilts, barrows, boars) to two dietary treatments and four age periods for determinations of the effects of age, sex and Ca and P levels on the mechanical properties of various bones in swine.