An evaluation of several diet acidifiers commonly utilized in pig starter diets to improve growth performance (1996)

Authors

J R. Bergstrom
J A. Loughmiller
R E. Musser
W B. Nessmith Jr
Jim L. Nelssen
Michael D. Tokach
Robert D. Goodband

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; Weanling pigs; Growth performance; Diet acidifiers

Abstract

Early-weaned pigs (weaned at 14 d of age) that are managed in a conventional one-site production system and fed a complex segregated early-weaning diet will benefit from the inclusion of a diet acidifier during the first week. However, the data indicate no benefit from including a diet acidifier in semicomplex diets fed during subsequent growth phases.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 21, 1996

Recommended Citation

Bergstrom, J R.; Loughmiller, J A.; Musser, R E.; Nessmith, W B. Jr; Nelssen, Jim L.; Tokach, Michael D.; and Goodband, Robert D. (1996) "An evaluation of several diet acidifiers commonly utilized in pig starter diets to improve growth performance (1996)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 10. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6551