The addition of ground wheat straw as a fiber source in the gestation diet of sows and the effect on sow and litter performance for three successive parities

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1003-1012

  Veum, T L ^a   Crenshaw, J D ^b,j   Crenshaw, T D ^c   Cromwell, G L ^d   Easter, R A ^e   Ewan, R C ^f   Nelssen, J L ^g   Miller, E R ^h   Pettigrew, J E ⁱ   Ellersieck, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^j APC Incorporated   (United States)

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Author keywords

Dietary fiber; Gestation; Lactation; Sow and litter performance; Swine; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LITTER SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; TRITICUM;

GLYCINE MAX; SUIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 62149094333     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1119     Document Type: Article

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