title: [An analysis of feeding patterns in the adult pig].
abstract: Feeding behavior has been analyzed in Large-White and Chinese pig breeds. Maximally automatized apparatuses, especially adapted to animal size, were used. Besides the usual parameters measured such as food intake, meal size, meal duration, meal frequency, intermeal intervals  and postprandial correlation, these apparatuses also permitted us to measure the rate of intake during the meal. This rate was constant throughout the meal in ad libitum conditions and after 24-hour deprivation. A positive correlation between meal size and length of the postmeal interval was found in only half of the animals. During this work, we began to study the mechanisms initiating food intake.
mesh_terms: D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D005215:Fasting; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013552:Swine / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Etude de la séquence alimentaire du porc adulte.