In a new type of wet/dry feeding system water and the compound feed are kept separate up to the point of delivery to the feeding trough. Photo: Ramon Muns
Interest in giving pigs wet feed has increased in some regions of the world in recent decades, especially in Europe, but there are still many unanswered questions about how to do this most efficiently. One issue is how much the water-to-feed ratio matters in terms of the digestibility of energy and nutrients. A study of these ratios in growing-finishing pigs was recently published by Professor Josep Gasa and colleagues at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in Spain, including Dr Ramon
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