Does the newly weaned piglet select a zinc oxide supplemented feed, when given the choice?

An experiment was conducted to examine whether weaned piglets would display preference for a food containing a pharmacological level of zinc oxide (ZnO). A total of 60 piglets were weaned at 7.8 kg ± 0.14 (s.e.m.) and 27.8 ± 0.11 days of age into eight mixed sex groups of seven or eight piglets per...

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Main Authors: F.H. Reynolds, J.M. Forbes, H.M. Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
pig
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731110000327