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Alfalfa meal in swine rations: Tested as source of energy one pound of alfalfa had an average replacement value for 0.28 pound of concentrate
Authors
Hubert HeitmanJ. H. Meyer
Authors Affiliations
Hubert Heitman, Jr., is Associate Professor of Animal Husbandry, University of California, Davis; J. H. Meyer is Associate Professor of Animal Husbandry, University of California, Davis.Publication Information
Hilgardia 13(10):9-10. DOI:10.3733/ca.v013n10p9. October 1959.
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Abstract
The value of alfalfa meal as a source of energy for swine was determined for three levels of meal–5%, 20%, and 40% of the ration; three stages of plant maturity–16% bud, 3% bloom, and 34% bloom; and three methods of preparation–suncured, dehydrated, and pelleted dehydrated, reground.
Heitman H, Meyer J. 1959. Alfalfa meal in swine rations: Tested as source of energy one pound of alfalfa had an average replacement value for 0.28 pound of concentrate. Hilgardia 13(10):9-10. DOI:10.3733/ca.v013n10p9
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