Some observations on the need for copper in the diet of fattening pigs
- 1 July 1945
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 35 (3), 163-167
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021859600049170
Abstract
1. The results of two trials involving twenty-four pigs did not provide a clue to the observed craving of pigs for metallic copper.2. There seems to be no advantage in supplementing a normal diet for fattening pigs which contains about 5 p.p.m. of copper with copper given in form of a solution of copper sulphate. The addition of a mixture of copper sulphate, manganese sulphate and iron pyrophosphate to the same normal diet had also no effect on the rate of growth of the pigs and their food consumption.3. The haemoglobin and copper contents of the blood appeared to be unaffected by the addition of copper to the diet. The copper content of the livers showed a tendency to be higher in the livers of the pigs receiving the copper supplements.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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