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Effect of dietary salt (NaCl) level on the growth performance of liquid fed growing-finishing pigs.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

C.A. Tsourgiannis ,
V. Demečková ,
J. Eddison  and
P.H. Brooks
C.A. Tsourgiannis*
Affiliation:
University of Plymouth, Faculty of Land, Food and Leisure, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 6NQ, UK.
V. Demečková
Affiliation:
University of Plymouth, Faculty of Land, Food and Leisure, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 6NQ, UK.
J. Eddison
Affiliation:
University of Plymouth, Faculty of Land, Food and Leisure, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 6NQ, UK.
P.H. Brooks
Affiliation:
University of Plymouth, Faculty of Land, Food and Leisure, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 6NQ, UK.
*
ctsourgiannis@plymouth.ac.uk
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Salt (NaCl) is an essential mineral and its rate of inclusion in diets has been implicated in the development and expression of biting behaviour. Falkowski et al., (1998) found that withholding salt from diets reduced the feed intake and feed conversion ratio of weaned pigs and significantly decreased growth rate. Studies reported by Fraser (1987), suggested that heightened appetite for salt could make pigs particularly attracted to pen mates with injured tails. More recently Tsourgiannis, et al., (2002) reported that 1.5% salt inclusion levels can significantly reduce the incidence of tail-biting, providing that there is unrestricted access to fresh water. This study investigated the effect on growth performance of pigs fed liquid diets containing high and low dietary salt levels for growing/finishing pigs.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2003 , 2003 , pp. 71
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2003

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Falkowski, J, Gajecki, M, Kozera, W, Bugnacka, D, and Zielonaka, L. 1998. Effect of different NaCl levels in diets on growth and some blood indices of weaned pigs. Medycyna Weterynaryjna 54: 615–619.Google Scholar
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Tsourgiannis, CA, Robertson, JF, and Fowler, VR. 2002. Influence of salt application on biting by growing-finishing pigs. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science: 223.Google Scholar