학술논문
Effects of water supplementation with tryptophan and vitamin B6 or feeding hydrogenated fat on reducing hunger-induced drinking pre-slaughter in pigs.
Document Type
Article
Source
Canadian Journal of Animal Science; Sep2012, Vol. 92 Issue 3, p319-326, 8p
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Language
ISSN
00083984
Abstract
The article focuses on a study which aims to determine the impacts of drinking water supplementation with trytophan and vitamin B6 or feeding hydrogenated fat (HF) in an effort to reduce hunger-induced drinking pre-slaughter in pigs. It reveals that HF supplementation did not influence behaviour in lairage and water intake at anytime over the pre-slaughter fasting period. It mentions the effects of fasting on body energy reserves and the improvement of carcass yield