Four weaner piglets were used in a 4-day experiment to investigate the effects of dietary milk flavor on feeding behavior and feed consumption of weaner piglets by free-choice method. The four pigs were fed in the same pen with four feeders, two feeders for test diet with flavor at 400 mg/kg while two feeders for control diet with no flavor. Each day the places of the feeders were exchanged. Each piglet was considered as a replicate. Feed intake was recorded each day and feeding behavior was recorded for 96 h continuously by monitoring camera. Results showed that sow milk flavor significantly increased the average daily intake frequency by 195% (P<0.01）, intake time by 9.6% （P<0.05） and average feed intake per second by 9.5% （P<0.05）, respectively, compared with the control diet. The feed intake and intake time per visit were lower than those of the control group(P＞0.05). Compared with the control diet, the average daily feed intake of the test diet was increased by 181%(P＞0.05). The results indicate that the sow milk flavor could increase feed intake by increasing the average daily intake frequency, intake time and intake speed.［Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2011, 23（5）：848 -853］
LV Jirong，ZENG Fankun，ZHANG Keying
. Influence of Sow Milk Flavor on Feeding Behavior and Feed Intake of Weaner Piglets[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2011
, 23(05)
: 848
-853
.
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2011.05.020
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