Influence of calcium propionate on starter pig performance (2000)

Authors

D E. Real
J C. Woodworth
M J. Webster
Michael D. Tokach
Jim L. Nelssen
Robert D. Goodband
Steven S. Dritz

Keywords

Swine day, 2000; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 01-138-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 858; Swine; Acidifiers; Nursery pigs; Calcium propionate

Abstract

A 24-d growth study was conducted to evaluate the effects of low rates of a dietary acidifier, calcium propionate, on weanling pig growth performance. Experimental diets, fed from d 0 to 10, were a control diet with no acidifier, the control diet with 4 lb/ton of Kemgest, or the control diet with 4 or 8 lb/ton calcium propionate. From d 10 to 24, pigs were fed a common phase II diet containing no acidifier. Adding a low rate of acidifier to the diet had no influence on pig performance.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 16, 2000

Recommended Citation

Real, D E.; Woodworth, J C.; Webster, M J.; Tokach, Michael D.; Nelssen, Jim L.; Goodband, Robert D.; and Dritz, Steven S. (2000) "Influence of calcium propionate on starter pig performance (2000)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 10. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6675