Essays about: "Feed Conversion Ratio"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 23 essays containing the words Feed Conversion Ratio.
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11. Growth and health of piglets fed colour flowered faba bean in relation to tannin content
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and ManagementAbstract : There is an increasing need and interest to use domestic protein feed ingredients in Swedish pig diets instead of imported soybean, particularly in organic production. Due to its tannin content, colour flowered faba bean has been disregarded in this sense, yet it yields more and is grown more in Sweden than the white flowered which is void of tannins. READ MORE
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12. Hydrodeoxygenation of Pyrolysis Oil: Comparing an Iron-based Catalyst with Dolomite
University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemivetenskap (CHE)Abstract : This thesis evaluates the possibility to use a iron-based catalyst as a pyrolysis vapour conversion catalyst. The iron catalyst was also compared with the mineral dolomite. READ MORE
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13. Locally available protein sources in diets of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) : A study of growth performance in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and ManagementAbstract : Growth performance of male-fish Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fed with locally available protein sources was evaluated in an attempt to find alternative ingredients to replace fish meal (FM) in an experimental set up at the An Giang University in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. In the four experimental diets, 100 % of the FM was replaced with protein from golden apple snail meal (GAS), pangasius by-product meal (PBM), shrimp head meal (SHM) and blood meal (BM), respectively. READ MORE
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14. Broiler production in Zambia - management, growth, diseases and welfare
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and ManagementAbstract : Successful broiler production in hot climates requires knowledge of how birds are affected by heat stress. It is important with access to water and good ventilation to facilitate coping with the heat. READ MORE
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15. Vaccination against boar taint - effect of restrictive and semi ad libitum feeding regime on production and behavior
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and ManagementAbstract : Male piglets have been castrated for centuries to avoid contamination of their meat with boar taint, a strongly unpleasant odour that makes the meat inedible. Today boar taint can be prohib-ited by vaccination against gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) using Improvac®. READ MORE
