This study determines the possibility of replacing soybean meal (SBM) in finisher pig diets completely with hydrolyzed feather meal (FM). It was concluded that the corn-FM diets were not as effective as the corn-SBM diet when it can to BW gain of finisher pigs. The results indicated that pigs fed the corn-FM diet supplemented with the necessary amino acids can utilize feed and amino acids for birthweight gain and lean gain as efficiently as those fed the corn-SBM diet.

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