Posted by SSB on March 28, 2008, 10:01 am, in reply to "Paylean in gilts"
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The reason you aren't supposed to feed to breeding stock is different for each sex. You shouldn't feed to breeding boars because Paylean raises body temp so semen either don't get produced of are made at a lower level with more imperfections. On gilts, paylean ups the ratio of muscle to fat (the main reason to use paylean) and if gilts don't have enough fat throughout their bodies, they won't cycle. Supposedly, you can remedy this by putting them on a higher fat diet after feeding paylean, but as many know, sometimes they don't come back from that to be productive.
Personally, I disagree with feeding paylean to Breeding animals that are to be shown to be used for breeding purposes only. It doesn't give a true representation to the characteristics of the animal. To make an animal look it's best by feeding high quality feed with the correct ratio of nutritional elements is different than using paylean to artificially enhance.
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