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Finish Pigs Better With Copper

2013-08-19 20:09:00| National Hog Farmer

By Lora Berg, Editor New copper source shows promise for finishing pigs in Kansas State University research trials. Kansas State University (KSU) research suggests that pigs fed supplemental levels of tribasic copper chloride (TBCC) had increased growth rates into the late finishing stage. The researchers found that adding supplemental copper to pig diets in the form of either TBCC or copper sulfate (CuSo4) improved growth in both the grower and early finishing periods. read more

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