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Effect of Feeding Level on Maintenance Requirements of Growing Pigs

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In a total of 311 respiration experiments with pigs from 6 to 93 kg body mass (BM) given feed of widely varying composition at strongly differing levels the utilization of metabolizable energy (ME) for growth was studied. The results have been calculated for all data together and for three subsets of data separately (related to body weight, feeding level and ME intake).

If all 311 experiments were included, the energy costs for maintenance were calculated to be about 440 kJ/BM3/4. The efficiency of the utilization of ME for growth amounted to kg = 0.66, kp = 0.57 and kf = 0.79. In the heavier animals (BM > 40 kg) the kp- and kg-values were statistically slightly higher than in the lighter pigs. This was in combination with an increased maintenance. Energy retention at a medium ME-intake of 1.3 MJ per kg BM3/4 was far more constant than at maintenance and amounted to about 565 kJ per kg BM3/4. Feeding level had an influence on the composition of retained energy (protein and fat), but the utilization of ME was not changed markedly.

It is suggested that RE at an intake level of 1.3 MJ ME per kg BM3/4 will give a better basal value for energy utilization in growing animals than RE at slightly above maintenance feeding. Maintenance requirement determination tend to have a lot of variation due to accumulation of variance in the estimation procedure.

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  1. Departments of Animal Nutrition and Animal Husbandry, P.O. Box 338, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    M. W. A. Verstegen

  2. Department of Animal Husbandry, Agricultural University, P.O. Box 338, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    A. M. Henken

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Wenk, C.P.C., Kronauer, M. (1987). Effect of Feeding Level on Maintenance Requirements of Growing Pigs. In: Verstegen, M.W.A., Henken, A.M. (eds) Energy Metabolism in Farm Animals. Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, vol 44. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3363-7_25

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