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An evaluation of several diet acidifiers commonly utilized in pig starter diets to improve growth performance

Authors

• • J R Bergstrom
• • J A Loughmiller
• • R E Musser
• • W B Nessmith Jr
• • Jim L Nelssen
• • Michael D Tokach
• • Robert D Goodband

Abstract

Early-weaned pigs (weaned at 14 d of age) that are managed in a conventional one-site production system and fed a complex segregated early-weaning diet will benefit from the inclusion of a diet acidifier during the first week. However, the data indicate no benefit from including a diet acidifier in semicomplex diets fed during subsequent growth phases.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 21, 1996

Keywords: Swine day, 1996, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 97-142-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 772, Swine, Weanling pigs, Growth performance, Diet acidifiers

How to Cite: Bergstrom, J. R. , Loughmiller, J. A. , Musser, R. E. , Nessmith, W. B., Jr , Nelssen, J. L. , Tokach, M. D. & Goodband, R. D. (1996) “An evaluation of several diet acidifiers commonly utilized in pig starter diets to improve growth performance”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports. 1(10). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6551