Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Volume 0
Issue 10 Swine Day (1968-2014)
Article 115
1973
Influence of feeding frequency on performance and
nitrogen metabolism in gestating swine
G L. Allee
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Allee, G L. (1973) "Influence of feeding frequency on performance and nitrogen metabolism in gestating swine," Kansas Agricultural
Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 10. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.5955
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Influence of feeding frequency on performance and nitrogen metabolism
in gestating swine
Abstract
The influence of feeding frequency on performance and nitrogen metabolism in gestating swine was studied
by feeding 4 pounds daily, 8 pounds every other day, or 12 pounds every third day. All animals were
maintained in dry lots with portable housing and were fed a 12%-protein, corn-soybean meal diet in
individual feeding stalls. Three successive 6 day collection studies were conducted with 6 gilts. Nitrogen
digestibility was not influenced by feeding frequency. However, nitrogen retention decreased as intervals
between feeding increased. Gilts fed 4 pounds daily retained more nitrogen than those fed 8 pounds every
other day, while those fed 8 pounds every other day retained more than those fed 12 pounds every third day.
Although nitrogen retention was significantly influenced by feeding frequency, sow performance as measured
by number of pigs born, birth weight, number of pigs weaned, and weight of pigs at 28 days was not.; 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; Feeding frequency; Performance; Nitrogen metabolism;
Gestation
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