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Pig Production

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PIG PRODUCTION

NUTRITION AND MANAGMENT

COST AND GROWTH.

  • Feed represents about 65% of the cost of producing pigmeat.
  • It is essential to keep the pigs on vitamins and minerals.
  • It is needed to keep the pigs on a rapid growth.
  • and efficient conversion of feed to meat.
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  • Highly productive animals are more friendly to the enviroment.
  • since they use less resources and excrete less manure nutrients.
  • to produce a given amount of pork.
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  • A series of trials examining responses to variation in dietary lysine has been completed
  • and currently the optimum concentration of other amino acids (methionine, threonine, tryptophan)
  • Is being studied for the pigs.

BY CONNOR CUNNINGHAM