Nutritive value of meat and bone meal for growing pigs

Authors

  • Kirsi Partanen Department of Animal Science, PO Box 28, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Matti Näsi Department of Animal Science, PO Box 28, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland

Abstract

Six barrows, with an average initial body weight of 88 kg, were used in a digestibility and balance experiment to study the nutritive value of meat and bone meal (MBM). The MBM, which contained 478 g crude protein and 322 g ash/kg dry matter (DM), was included in barley-based diets at two levels: 100 and 200 g/kg. The experiment was conducted according to a two-period reversal design. The apparent digestibilities of organic matter, crude protein and crude fat in the MBM were 0.910, 0.909 and 0.730, respectively. The MBM was calculated to contain 434 g digestible crude protein, 14.26 MJ metabolizable energy and 8.82 MJ net energy/kg DM. The efficiency of nitrogen utilization decreased with an increasing MBM supply. Due to relatively high mineral intakes, the apparent digestibilities of calcium and phosphorus remained low.

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Published

1994-09-01

How to Cite

Partanen, K., & Näsi, M. (1994). Nutritive value of meat and bone meal for growing pigs. Agricultural and Food Science, 3(5), 449–455. https://doi.org/10.23986/afsci.72716