Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports · 1995 · 14 citations · 0 references
AgricultureAnimal SciencesNutritional SciencesAnimal NutritionRuminant NutritionSwine ScienceFeed EfficiencyFeed EvaluationGrowth PerformanceLivestock NutritionSwine GrowthSwine NutritionDistillers GrainsFinisher Diet Effects On GrowthGrowth Performance AssessmentGrowth Performance EnhancementGrowth Performance IndicesNursery Pig NutritionPiglet Growth Performance
Rate and efficiency of gain were not affected by adding as much as 20% distillers dried grains in isocaloric diets for nursery pigs or 30% in isocaloric diets for finishing pigs. These results demonstrate that the previously suggested maximums of 5% distillers dried grains in nursery diets and 10% distillers dried grains in finishing diets are too conservative. Finally, because the 20% (nursery) and 30% (finishing) treatments were the greatest concentrations used in our experiments, additional growth assays are needed to determine the maximum limits for distillers dried grains in diets for pigs.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 16, 1995