
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Greer, EB 
A1  - O'Neill, GH 
A1  - Kirsop, WT 
A1  - Roese, GJ 
A1  - Paton, DG 
A1  - MacKenzie, RJ 
A1  - Hassab, PR 
A1  - Hollow, RC 
A1  - Tandy, RC 
T1  - Mineral and vitamin supplementation of diets for growing pigs. 5. Effects of supplementing grain/animal protein diets in commercial piggeries
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1980
VL  - 20
IS  - 102
SP  - 50
EP  - 54
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9800050 
N2  - In two co-ordinated field experiments, each involving five to eight replicates, grainlanimal protein diets were restrictively fed to growing pigs. In experiment 1 a mineral-vitamin premix improved performance during early growth, compared with the diet supplemented with vitamins A and D3 alone. The results of experiment 2 showed that this response was most likely due to the presence of 250 ppm copper in the premix. There was no difference in performance between vitamins A and D3 or the mineralvitamin premix without copper. However, when the premix contained 250 ppm copper, growth was increased by 4.6% and feed conversion improved by 4.3%. A supplement of vitamins A and D3 was all that was needed to ensure sound performance. 
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