Effects of a Chelated Copper as Growth Promoter on Performance and Carcass Traits in Pigs

Three studies were conducted to investigate whether a chelated Cu can replace CuSO4 as a growth promoter in pigs. In Exp. 1, a total of 240 piglets (Large White×Landrace, 7.36±0.10 kg) were randomly allocated to 1 of 3 treatments with 8 replicates and 10 piglets per pen. Treatments included a NRC co...

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Main Authors: J. Zhao, G. Allee, G. Gerlemann, L. Ma, M. I. Gracia, D. Parker, M. Vazquez-Anon, R. J. Harrell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2014-07-01
Series:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/ajas-27-7-965-8.pdf