This experiment was conducted to study the relationship between the feed preference values of feeds reported previously and their particle size and texture characteristics. The effect of individual feed ingredients was studied
when added to a common basal diet. In addition to the basal diet, which included rice, a soybean meal product containing 56% CP, sunflower oil, and wheat bran, a total of 126 diets were studied. Of these, 63 were prepared
by replacing the rice in the basal diet with another cereal. It was concluded that the texture properties
of the feed could explain in part the feed preferences observed in pigs, whereas particle size characteristics had less impact.

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