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A note on effect of exercise on behaviour and performance of confined swine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

S. R. Morrison ,
H. F. Hintz  and
R. L. Givens
S. R. Morrison
Affiliation:
Departments of Agricultural Engineering and Animal Science, University of California, Davis and Agricultural Engineering Research Division, A.R.S., U.S.D.A.
H. F. Hintz
Affiliation:
Departments of Agricultural Engineering and Animal Science, University of California, Davis and Agricultural Engineering Research Division, A.R.S., U.S.D.A.
R. L. Givens
Affiliation:
Departments of Agricultural Engineering and Animal Science, University of California, Davis and Agricultural Engineering Research Division, A.R.S., U.S.D.A.
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The effects of exercise on food intake, growth rate and behaviour were investigated in two trials with 32 pigs. The exercise took the form of running or walking four times the length of a concrete path twice a day. Food intake and rate of gain in body weight were decreased by exercise; the thickness of back fat was not significantly affected. Exercise increased the amount of time spent resting. It is concluded that exercise does not appear to be a practical method of producing leaner carcasses.

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Animal Production , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , August 1968 , pp. 341 - 344
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1968

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