Low cereal programs-late growth/fur development: a combination of inferior mink nutrition management and poor business management

摘要

All factors considered, low cereal mink feeding programs during the late growth and fur development periods undercut fur development of the mink without achieving "extra size" in pelts marketed. What I cannot understand as a mink nutrition biochemistis why american mink ranchers employing low cereal feeding programs simply ignore more than 50 years of experimental studies conducted by mink nutrition scientists throughout the world fur industry??? The net result of these research studies is modern mink feeding programs, which provide the rancher with: #1 Top size in pelts marketed; #2 Sharp color; #3 Lighter leather; #4 In many cases, lower feed costs per pelt marketed.