Effect of feed withdrawal prior to slaughter on prevalence of gastric ulcers in pigs.

Objective: To determine whether withdrawing feed from pigs prior to slaughter had any effects on prevalence or severity of gastric ulcers.

Design: Split-plot design.

Animals: 873 pigs.

Effect of withdrawing feed from swine on meat quality and prevalence of Salmonella colonization at slaughter.

Objective: To determine whether withholding feed from pigs prior to slaughter had any effects on meat quality, percentage of pigs with Salmonella spp in cecal contents during slaughter, or percentage of pigs with lacerations of the gastrointestinal tract during slaughter.

Design: Split-plot design.

Animals: 873 pigs.