“…As heat treatment inc~ased from 5 to 20 min, final pig weight was increased (21.1 vs 14.9 kg), and as heat treatment was increased further to 60 min, final weight was decreased to 17.8 kg. This quadratic effect of heat treatment is consistent with responses reported previously from experiments with rats (Klose et al, 1946;Borchers, 1965;Hancock et al, 199Ob), chickens (Clandinin et al, 1948;McNaughton et al, 1981) and pigs (Heinz and Poppe, 1975;Gmen et al, 1982).…”