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Effect of diurnal air temperature cycles on growth and food conversion in pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

S. R. Morrison ,
H. Heitman Jr  and
R. L. Givens
S. R. Morrison
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
H. Heitman Jr
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
R. L. Givens
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Summary

In trials with 64 pigs growing from 37 to 60 kg or from 65 to 88 kg growth rate and food conversion were not affected by either a 10°C or a 20°C range in diurnal air temperature cycle compared with a constant temperature equal to the mean of the cycle when the mean temperatures were optimal. However, with a constant temperature and cycle mean at 6°C above optimum, performance declined with a 20°C range cycle.

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Animal Production , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , April 1975 , pp. 287 - 291
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1975

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