ABSTRACT

I. Introduction ...........................................................................................................................447 II. Physiological Control of Feed Intake...................................................................................447 III. Nutritional Factors Influencing Voluntary Feed Intake ........................................................448 IV. Animal Factors Influencing Voluntary Feed Intake .............................................................451 V. Environmental Factors Influencing Voluntary Feed Intake..................................................454 VI. Feeding Behavior ..................................................................................................................458 VII. Measuring and Predicting Feed Intake.................................................................................462 References ......................................................................................................................................463

Growing-finishing pigs are provided feed on an