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Effects of a high-fat diet based on palm, soybean or maize oil on growth performance and carcass characteristics in growing-fattening pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

A Ocampo  and
I J Lean
A Ocampo
Affiliation:
University of the Llanos, Km 12 via Apiay, AA 2621, Villavicencio, Colombia
I J Lean
Affiliation:
T H Huxley School, Imperial College at Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5 AH, United Kingdom
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Diets for growing-fattening pigs are normally low in fat and based on cereals, which supply approximately two thirds of the total energy required by pigs. Restricted concentrations of oil (between 2 and 10% of total dry matter) have been used to improve growth rate and feed efficiency. Palm oil and oil palm by-products have been used as the main energy source in the growth cycle as substitutes for cereals (Ocampo and Lean 1999). The objective of this experiment was to evaluate three oils as dietary substitutes for maize grain in growing-fattening pigs, based on growth performance and carcass characteristics using ultrasonic measurements.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 82
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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