Inclusion of 8% alfalfa silage advances feeding time and improves late-finishing feed efficiency in pigs

• Yu Chen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China, Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Xiaogang Zhao,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China, Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Xionggui Hu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China, Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Ji Zhu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China, Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Huibo Ren,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China, Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Huali Li,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China, Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Lihua Cao,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China, Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Qingming Cui,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China, Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Yuan Deng,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China, Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Zhicai Li,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Zhongshan Wei,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Weimin Jiang,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China, Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Yingying Liu ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 2004chch@hunaas.cn (CC); hunaulyy_2025@hunaas.cn (YL); 13907487646@hunaas.cn (YP)

  Affiliations Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China, Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Yinglin Peng ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 2004chch@hunaas.cn (CC); hunaulyy_2025@hunaas.cn (YL); 13907487646@hunaas.cn (YP)

  Affiliations Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China, Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, China

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• Chen Chen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 2004chch@hunaas.cn (CC); hunaulyy_2025@hunaas.cn (YL); 13907487646@hunaas.cn (YP)

  Affiliations Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science, Changsha, Hunan, China, Yuelushan Laboratory, Changsha, Hunan, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1088-1414

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