Replacement of soya bean meal with peas and faba beans in growing/finishing pig diets: effect on performance, carcass composition and nutrient excretion

There is now an increasing debate about the viability of using temperate-grown legumes in pig diets as a potential replacement for imported soya bean meal (SBM) and this is due to food security, sustainability and environmental concerns. Two trials were designed to examine nitrogen (N) retention, gr...

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Main Authors: White, Gavin A., Smith, L.A., Houdijk, J.C.M., Homer, D., Kyriazakis, I., Wiseman, J.
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39216/