Feeding method in breeding sows
AssigneesNational Federation of Agricultural Co-Operative Associations, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
InventorsKimiyoshi Nakamura, Takashi Nakaoyama, Toshiaki Eida, Hidemasa Hidaka
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Abstract
New animal diet designed for breeding sows contains, as an essential ingredient, a sugar composition that is mainly fructo-oligosaccharides, mixed at 0.1 to 5% level with regular feed. Above diet has effective roles to short days to estrus after weaning of sows, thereby increasing the numbers of piglets at low cost and less labor is expected as a result. The sugar composition is obtained through the enzymatic process of fructose transferase upon sucrose in order to produce fructo-oligosaccharide as a main component.
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A method of reducing an interval from weaning to estrus in sows comprising feeding to sows a saw animal diet containing an effective amount of sugar composed mainly of fructooligosaccharides for a period of time after pregnant sows are separated from other pigs for parturition until weaning.
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