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- Title
The response of group-housed sows to dietary inclusion of magnesium oxide and sugar beet pulp.
- Authors
Muller, T. L.; Hewitt, R. J. E.; van Barneveld, R. J.
- Abstract
The study reports that nutritional satiety in sows during early gestation period may be achieved in group -housed sows by adding sugar beet pulp and magnesium oxide (MgO) as it stabilises insulin levels and leads to reduced inter-sow aggression.
- Subjects
STIMULUS satiation; SUGAR beets; ANIMAL aggression
- Publication
Animal Production Science, 2015, Vol 55, Issue 11, p1497
- ISSN
1836-0939
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1071/ANv55n12Ab110