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Long-term effect of feeding spray-dried plasma during the nursery stage on subsequent performance and health status to market weight
Londrina University, Paran�, Brazil; Marco Callegari
Caio Silva, Cleandro Pazinato, Kelly Souza, Joe Crenshaw, Joy Campbell, Luis Rangel
Abstract
The benefits of feeding spray dried plasma (SDP) during the post-weaning period are well known (1). However, there are limited studies about the long-term impact of feeding SDP to nursery pigs on subsequent performance and health status of grow-finish (GF) pigs (2). This study aimed to determine the effects of various quantities of SDP provided during the nursery phase on subsequent performance and health of GF pigs to market weight.