difference in pig performance when fed pelleted or meal
diets via a wet/dry feeder. However, when using dry
feeders, pigs fed pelleted diets had significantly better
BW gain and feed efficiency than those fed meal diets.
Bergstrom et al. (2012) reported that pigs presented meal
diets via wet/dry feeders have increased ADG and ADFI
compared with pigs fed with conventional dry feeders.
Therefore, an interaction may occur between feeder
type and diet form; that is, feeding pelleted diets via a
conventional dry feeder might result in a proportionately
greater improvement in ADG and G:F than the same diet
fed in a wet/dry feeder. Therefore, the objective of the
study was to evaluate the effects of diet form (meal vs.
pellet) and feeder design (conventional dry vs. wet/dry)
on finishing pig performance.