EFFECTS OF HIGH DIETARY COPPER SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE COPPER ACCUMULATION AND TOTAL COPPER CONTENT IN FATTENING PIGS

S ADAMS, H YANG, D CHE, H JIANG, G QIN
2019 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research  
The objective of this current study was to investigate the effects of high dietary copper supplementation on the tissue copper deposition, distribution, and total copper concentration in fattening pigs. A total of 24 (Landrace × Large white × Duroc) pigs with an average initial body weight (BW) of 30 ± 1.05 kg were selected for the current experiment. At the beginning of the experiment, the pigs were randomly divided into four treatment groups with three replicate pens per treatment and two
more » ... per replicate and arranged in accordance to a completely randomized design based on the BW. The four treatment administered were as follows: 10 mg/kg, 45 mg/kg, 135 mg/kg, and 225 mg
doi:10.15666/aeer/1701_14011410 fatcat:jifbydoibjhrfezymwb57dckvy