布鲁斯·科克伦(Bruce Cochrane)写道,加拿大饲料研究中心(Canadian Feed Research Centre)研发出一种试验性的冰球状的麦秸杆纤维的饲料添加剂,可供群居妊娠母猪饲用。代表加拿大养猪创新项目组织工作的萨斯喀彻温大学科学家,为了评估来源于小麦与燕麦秸中的纤维在增加群居妊娠母猪饱腹感方面的价值,正在进行饲养实验,以此减少妊娠母猪争夺饲料的事件发生,并帮助妊娠母猪维持正常生理机能。
中国秸秆网综合报道,CANADA - The Canadian Feed Research Centre has developed an experimental puck shaped straw fibre based feed supplement for gestating sows housed in groups, writes Bruce Cochrane.Scientists with the University of Saskatchewan, working on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc, are in the midst of feeding trials to assess the value of fibre derived from wheat and oat straw in increasing satiety among group housed gestating sows to reduce the incidence of fighting over feed while helping maintain proper body condition.