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What is the economic factor in using wheat in pigs rations?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Why is scab a concern when feeding barley?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

The relative price of wheat when compared to other grains; also, if too finely ground, wheat produces
a pasty mass in the animal's mouth, thereby reducing feed intake.



Answer to Question 2

Scab makes the barley poisonous to hogs.



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