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Effects of irradiation of spray-dried blood meal and animal plasma on nursery pig growth performance

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Two trials were conducted to determine the effects of irradiation of spray-dried blood meal and animal plasma on nursery pig growth performance. In Exp. 1, irradiation of spray-dried blood meal resulted in improved ADG and F/G and tended to increase ADFI for the 14 d experiment. The majority of the increase in growth performance occurred during the first week of the trial. In Exp. 2, ADG and ADFI were increased from d 0 to 10 for pigs fed irradiated spray-dried animal plasma compared to pigs fed regular spray-dried animal plasma. In addition, we observed differences in growth performance between different sources of spray-dried plasma used in this experiment.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 16, 2000

Keywords: Swine day, 2000, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 01-138-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 858, Swine, Nursery pig, Irradiation, Blood meal, Animal plasma

How to Cite: James, B. W. , Webster, M. J. , DeRouchey, J. M. , Tokach, M. D. , Nelssen, J. L. , Goodband, R. D. & Dritz, S. S. (2000) “Effects of irradiation of spray-dried blood meal and animal plasma on nursery pig growth performance”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports. 1(10). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6650