Abstract

Nursing litters given a choice of flavored or unflavored diets responded by consuming more flavored diet. Pre-weaning feeding did alter the preference patterns of the post-weaned pigs. Pigs fed only basal ration as creep exhibited a varied preference pattern during the post-weaning preference trial. Pigs with access to flavored diet during the creep period exhibited a continued preference for the flavored diet during the post-weaning phase. Average daily feed intake, average daily gain, and the feed/gain ratios were similar for post-weaned pigs offered only flavored or control diet regardless of the pre-weaning treatment.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November, 1973

Keywords: Swine day, 1973, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 203, Swine, Feed flavors, Starter rations, pre-weaning treatment, Post-weaning treatment

How to Cite:

Hines, R. H., (1973) “Feed flavors in swine starter rations”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(10), 37-42. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.5984