Department of Animal Science
Date of this Version
2009
Abstract
Two-hundred and forty pigs (61.73 lb) were used in a 16-week study conducted to evaluate the feeding value of diets with varying concentrations of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) for growing-finishing pigs. Pigs were assigned to one of four dietary treatments. Treatments consisted of a standard diet formulated on a standardized ileal digestible lysine (SID lys) basis in which a portion of dietary corn and soybean meal were replaced to include 0,5, 10 or 15% of DDGS in a 4-phase feeding regime. Treatment did not affect average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI) or gain/feed (G:F) during the Grower 1, Grower 2, Finisher 1, and Finisher 2 feeding periods ( P > 0.10). Overall, no linear or quadratic effects in ADG and ADFI were recorded as dietary DDGS increased (P > 0.10). At day 21 and 42 backfat JBF) linearly decreased as dietary DDGS concentration increased (P = 0.008 and 0.018, respectively). A linear reduction in longissimus muscle area was recorded on day 42 JP = 0.025). Overall, growth performance was not affected by dietary DDGS inclusion increasing from 0 to 15%. The results of this study suggest that DDGS inclusion up to 15% in diets for growing-finishing pigs formulated on a SID lys basis does not affect optimum growth performance.
Comments
Published in 2009 Nebraska Swine Report. Prepared by the staff in Animal Science and cooperating Departments for use in Extension, Teaching, and Research programs. Copyright © 2009, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on behalf of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension.