Swine Nutrition Flashcards
Important nutrients include
energy; protien; vitamins and minerals; water
Important nutrients include
energy; protien; vitamins and minerals; water
energy for swine is acquired through
corn, wheat, milo, whey, fat
protein sources for swine
soybean meal dried distillers grains fish meal meat and bone meal sprayed dried plasma blood meal synthetic amino acids
important amino acids include
lysine
threonine
tryptophan
methionine
high protein causes
diarrhea
CP %
lysine %
1%
vitamins and minerals include
calcium/phosphorus (1.2:1 to 1.3:1) selenium/vitamin E vitamin D Na/Cl Zn Oxide
water
feed manufacturing: roller mill
high throughput; higher variability in particle size
high efficiency roller mill
slower; more consistent particle size
feed composed of
may cause gastric ulcers
need to sequence diets
phases of production
species
provided for medications
holding capacity
at mill
at farm
ingredients
you need _____ to determine feed conversion
feed
of a mill does multiple species, you could have an issue with pigs getting
coarse feed
pigs can be fed _____ unlike cattle
meat proteins
what is the holding capacity
the amount of ingredients
stored feed
cooks, adheres to side of bin, molds
feed outage
poor feed conversion; increased culls; scratches (fighting) tail biting
intestinal torsion
feed withdrawal
18 hours pre-harvest
reduces gut fill
less spillage of intestinal contents
what are the stages of production
boar gestation lactation creep feed/early wean pre-starter starter grower finisher gilt developer
gilts
restricted nutrition= restricted development
~4 lbs/day 2-3 post breeding