Growth performance, organ weights, and blood parameters of nursery pigs fed diets containing increasing levels of cold-pressed canola cake

• Published in: Journal of animal science Vol. 96; no. 11; pp. 4704 - 4712
• Main Authors: Lee, Jung Wook, Woyengo, Tofuko A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 21.11.2018
• Subjects: Amino Acids - metabolism; Animal Feed - analysis; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animals; Brassica napus; Diet - veterinary; Female; Glycine max; Male; Organ Size - drug effects; Random Allocation; Swine - blood; Swine - growth & development; Swine - physiology; Weaning; Zea mays

Oilseed cakes have high oil content, and thus their inclusion in swine can lead to reduced dietary inclusion of oil, and hence reduced cost of feed. An experiment was conducted to determine effects of including Brassica napus-derived cold-pressed canola cake (CPCC) in diets for nursery pigs on growt...