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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Effect of supplementary biotin on the reproductive performance, body condition and foot health of sows on three farms

EB Greer, JM Leibholz, DI Pickering, RE Macoun and WL Bryden

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 42(6) 1013 - 1021
Published: 1991

Abstract

A total of 359 sows and 146 gilts on three farms were given either their normal commercial diets or the same diets supplemented with 5008g of biotin/kg of diet over a 15 month period. The diets were based on wheat and meat-and-bone meal. There was no effect of the biotin supplement on the size of litters born or weaned or the number of days between weaning and conception. The body condition of sows during lactation, and in the period from weaning to re-mating, was improved by the biotin supplement. After 12 months, the biotin supplement had reduced the proportion of sows with foot lesions from 55 to 42%.

https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9911013

© CSIRO 1991

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