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research article

Steam pressure processing of milo for growing-finishing pigs

authors

H. F. Hintz, Cornell University
W. N. Garrett, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 21(12):15-15. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v021n12p15. December 1967.

author affiliations

H. F. Hintz was Assistant Professor and Assistant Animal Husbandman (now Assistant Professor of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York); W. N. Garrett is Associate Professor and Associate Animal Husbandman in the Experiment Station, University of California, Davis.

abstract

Two trials, using a total of 40 pigs to compare ground milo with milo processed at 20 psi steam pressure for 11/2 minutes before grinding, showed no significant differences in rate of gain, feed conversion, or carcass characteristics.