Swine Mission Statement
To identify
the needs and opportunities of the swine industry in Kentucky
in the next decade, and to tailor research, teaching, and
extension programs to assist the swine industry in meeting
those needs and in taking advantage of those opportunities.
Research Objectives
in Swine Nutrition
To investigate
and assess nutritional variables that will:
- maximize the
reproductive and lactational performance in sows,
- enhance the
survival and maximize the rate and efficiency of growth
in weanling pigs, and
- maximize the
rate, efficiency, and economy of growth and maximize carcass
leanness in growing-finishing pigs.
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