Pigs flying in the face of feed conversion convention

摘要

Pork is making up some long lost ground on arch rival the broiler chicken, according to some surprising, but promising Pork CRC supported research on feed conversion in pigs. The broiler chicken has long been regarded as the benchmark in terms of theamount of feed required to produce a unit amount of edible meat, giving them an advantage over most livestock species, in terms of carbon foot print and more v efficient utilisation of scarce and expensive resources, such as grain.