Effects of inclusion of sorghum distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) in diets for growing and finishing pigs
| Autor: | J. Bonet, Alba Cerisuelo, Manuel Lainez, Verónica Moset, Jaume Coma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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growth performance
características de la canal biology Fat content pigs cerdos Sorghum bicolor Sorghum biology.organism_classification Body weight Loin Whole grains Distillers grains carcass characteristics Carcass weight Food science Carcass composition rendimiento productivo Agronomy and Crop Science |
| Zdroj: | Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research; Vol. 10 No. 4 (2012); 1016-1024 Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research; Vol. 10 Núm. 4 (2012); 1016-1024 SJAR. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research instname Impreso ReDivia. Repositorio Digital del Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias |
| ISSN: | 2171-9292 |
| Popis: | The effects of sorghum distillers dried grains with solubles (sorghum-DDGS) in growing pig diets on growth performance and carcass quality were investigated. A total of 204 animals of 13.9±2.60 kg body weight (BW) were allocated into two dietary treatments, a conventional diet (C) and a diet containing sorghum-DDGS (DDGS). DDGS inclusion levels used were 150 g kg-1 in pigs from 14-40 kg BW, 300 g kg-1 from 40-80 kg BW and 350 g kg-1 from 80 kg BW to slaughter. Animals’ body weight, feed intake, backfat thickness (BF) and loin depth (LD) were measured throughout the study. Protein, fibre and fat content of sorghum-DDGS were approximately three times-fold those of the whole grain. During the nursery period, feed intake and final BW tended to be lower in the group of pigs fed DDGS compared to the piglets fed C diet (871.4 g d-1 and 30 kg vs 951.1 g d-1 and 31 kg). During the growing period no differences were found on growth performance between treatments. Pigs fed sorghum-DDGS showed higher BF than pigs fed C diet (10.96 mm vs 9.80 mm, p |
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