"Dried Fat" for Growing-Finishing Swine

Authors

• K. E. Keaschall, DeKalb Feeds, Inc.
• B. D. Moser, University of Missouri
• E. R. Peo, Jr., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• A. J. Lewis, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• T. D. Crenshaw, University of Wisconsin
• Win Butler, McGill University

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1983

Comments

Published in JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE 54 (1983), pp. 56:286-295 & 1255 Copyright © 1983 American Society of Animal Science. Used by permission.

Abstract

Three trials were conducted to determine the effect of "dried fat" (fats absorbed on carriers) in diets for growing-finishing swine. In trial I pigs receiving diets containing 5% added fat gained faster (.74 vs .71 kg/d), consumed less feed (1.87 vs 2.43 kg/d) and had a better feed efficiency (2.52 vs 2.88) than pigs fed diets without added fat (all P<.01). Pigs given the "dried fat" treatments gained faster (P<.01) and more efficiency (P<.01) than pigs fed the nonfat carrier counterpart. "Dried fats" containing whey plus fat and wheat bran plus fat produced similar performance to that observed with pigs fed a conventional tallow diet.