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Improvement of Bacon Carcass Quality by the Introduction of Fibrous Feeds into the Hog Finishing Ration

Macdonald College¹

Abstract

Quality of the bacon carcass can be improved by "diluting" relatively highly digestible rations with fibrous feeds during the finishing period.

Bacon carcass improvement was accompanied by a decrease in rate of gain and an increase in length of feeding period when one-half of a high energy basal ration was replaced by either alfalfa or wheat bran, or when the basal portion of the ration consisted entirely of oats.

Increases in the percentage of Grade A carcasses were also obtained when a portion of a high energy basal ration was replaced by either wheat bran or wild oats, so that the total ration consisted of 25%, by weight, of either of the fibrous feeds. In these cases, however, the improvement was not associated with any change in rate of gain, feed intake or length of feeding period.

¹ Contribution from the Faculty of Agriculture, McGill University, Macdonald College, Que., Canada. Journal Series No. 540.