ArticlePorcine health management2015
Behaviour of fattening pigs fed with liquid feed and dry feed.
Article in Porcine health management, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- The Feeding Behaviour Habits of Growing-Finishing Pigs and Its Effects on Growth Performance and Carcass Quality: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Microbial Quality of Liquid Feed for Pigs and Its Impact on the Porcine Gut Microbiome.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Review
- Compressed Brown Algae as a Potential Environmental Enrichment Material in Growing Pigs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- The effect of feed form and delivery method on feed microbiology and growth performance in grow-finisher pigs.Journal of animal science · 2020Article
- Fibre supply for breeding sows and its effects on social behaviour in group-housed sows and performance during lactation.Porcine health management · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundFacilities for fattening pigs offer limited possibilities for exploration and wet feeding systems, where the pigs drink the food instead of eating it, have expanded on behalf of dry feeding systems. As little has been made to evaluate liquid feeding from the point of view of the pigs, the aims of this study were to compare behaviour in general and behaviour at feeding in particular of fatteners offered dry or wet feed. The study was carried out in an integrated herd with age segregated rearing of pigs and access to both feeding systems in the fattening units. Apart from the feeding system, the pens were identical and they were managed by the same staff. Pigs were allocated to the fattening units at 20 kg body weight and their behaviour was studied through web cameras during day hours (07.00 to 19.00).
resultsPigs performed well in both systems, but differed in behaviour. Fattening pigs offered dry feed spent longer time (
conclusionsPigs performed equivalent in both systems, but from an animal welfare view we recommend dry feed to growing pigs and suggest that liquid feed systems ought to be reserved for systems using alternative feed supplies like whey or other liquid leftovers from the food industry.
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