Growth and Reproduction of Swine on a Purified Diet

Abstract

Weanling pigs of 2 litters were maintained, for periods extending to 469 days, (a) on a purified diet supplemented with thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pyridoxine, pantothenic acid, p-aminobenzoic acid, and choline; (b) on the purified diet with an additional daily supplement of 10 gm of dried liver; and (c) on an adequate commercial hog feed (“farm ration” control).