Effects of fat and sodium bicarbonate on growth performance and stomach morphology in finishing pigs (1996)

Authors

S P. Sorrell
I H. Kim
Robert H. Hines
G A. Kennedy
L L. Burnham
Joe D. Hancock

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; Finishing pigs; Fat; Sodium bicarbonate; Ulcers

Abstract

Pigs fed diets with soybean oil consumed less feed; grew more efficiently; and had greater last-rib backfat thickness, keratosis, and ulceration in their stomachs than pigs fed diets without soybean oil. Pigs fed diets with NaHC03 tended to eat more feed and had numerically greater ADG, but feed/gain and carcass measurements were not affected. NaHC03 decreased ulceration scores only for pigs fed diets without added fat.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 21, 1996

Recommended Citation

Sorrell, S P.; Kim, I H.; Hines, Robert H.; Kennedy, G A.; Burnham, L L.; and Hancock, Joe D. (1996) "Effects of fat and sodium bicarbonate on growth performance and stomach morphology in finishing pigs (1996)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 10. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6505