Locally Grown Crops and Immunocastration in Fattening Heavy Pigs: Effects on Performance and Welfare

Locally Grown Crops and Immunocastration in Fattening Heavy Pigs: Effects on Performance and Welfare

This study aimed to explore dietary replacement soybean meal (SBM) with local pea seeds (PS-L) and the effects of surgically castrated (CM) or immunocastration (IM) in heavy male pigs, on growth performance, feeding behaviour, and tail and ear lesions. Four treatments were arranged factorially (2 ×...

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Main Authors: Immaculada Argemí-Armengol, Daniel Villalba, Laura Vall, Ramon Coma, Josep Roma, Javier Álvarez-Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
immunocastrated male
heavy pig
field pea
protease inhibitors
feeding behaviour
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/13/1629

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