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THE advantages of exploiting sugar cane as a source of food for livestock in tropical countries have been outlined by Preston and Hagelberg1. Encouraging results have already been reported2,3 for up to 80 per cent of molasses in cattle diets and up to 50 per cent of sugar for broilers. Here we present data on the use of sugar cane products in pig feeding.
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PRESTON, T., MACLEOD, N., LASSOTA, L. et al. Sugar Cane Products as Energy Sources for Pigs. Nature 219, 727–728 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219727a0
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