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Growth of body components in young weaned pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

C. T. Whittemore ,
A. Aumaitre  and
I. H. Williams
C. T. Whittemore
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG
A. Aumaitre
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG
I. H. Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG
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Summary

Four experiments with 133 piglets of between 21 and 55 days of age were used to examine, by slaughter and chemical analysis, the composition of the body of young pigs. Following removal from the sow, the lipid content of the empty body decreased from about 15 to 7·6%, and in the subsequent 4 weeks had recovered only slightly to between 7·7 and 10·9%; with the exception of pigs with a particularly high intake of energy whose 42-day lipid content had increased to 13·2%. Where Y3 was the lipid gain, X1 the digestible energy intake (MJ) and X2 the ratio of digestible energy to digestible crude protein (g), over all experiments Y3 = 7·83X1 + 4945X2−1260. There was little change in the protein content of pigs consequent upon the effects of either removal from the sow, pig age, diet type or nutrient intake. Over all experiments and slaughter weights; P = 0·164W−100, where P was the protein content of the body (g) and W the empty body weight (g). The efficiencies of conversion of digestible energy to energy gain in body protein and lipid were 0·36 and 0·33 respectively, associated with a constant (daily maintenance) term of 0·462 MJ ME/kg LW0·75. The low value for lipid is as would be expected for animals catabolizing lipid within the experimental period.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 91 , Issue 3 , December 1978 , pp. 681 - 692
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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