Effects of Pelleting, Expanding Plus Pelleting, and Enzyme Supplementation on Barley Diets with Wheat Millrun on DE Content
Grower-Finisher feed costs may be reduced if ingredients with high fibre could be included without affecting performance negatively. Treating diets with enzyme supplementation or processing to include barley and wheat millrun may be beneficial. Without reducing performance, wheat millrun can be incorporated into diet in...
Nutritional Value of High-Oil Oat Groats
High oil oat groats are assumed to have a higher DE content and therefore a higher nutritional value though this has not been explored extensively. Oat groats are known for their palatability and high energy density but the natural variant with high oil should be...
The Effect of Ergot on the Performance of Weanling Pigs
Ergot reduces the quality of grain as a number of poisonous alkaloid-containing ergot sclerotia have replaced grain kernels. If these grains end up in the feedstuff of swine it may impair development and growth and decrease hormone concentrations like prolactin. The level of ergot that...
Feeding Level Affects Barley DE Measurements in Grower Pigs
Nutrient content and feeding level of diets used in DE content measurement for grains prevent voluntary feed intake measurements and practical conditions are not reflected. Three barley samples with different fibre content were studied to look for differences in voluntary feed intake. Performance and voluntary...
Response to Dietary Energy Concentration and Stocking Density in Weaned Pigs
The primary limitation to growth in the young pig is assumed to be the gut capacity since it limits their daily energy intake. Increasing the dietary DE concentration seems to be an effective way to overcome this issue, but by doing this the cost of...
Particle Size Reduction and Enzyme Supplementation Reduce Nutrient Excretion
Long-term sustainability of the swine industry is impacted by nutrient management. In order to reduce the nutrients phosphorous and nitrogen being produced at operations, some strategies that can be used are particle size reduction and enzyme supplementation. To reduce phosphorous excretion, the addition of phytase...
Dietary Factors Influencing Water Consumption
Water is required in greater amounts than any nutrient and is necessary to biological functioning. Reducing water consumption and wastage will help reduce some environmental concerns such as pollution and groundwater stores and decrease costs of storing, spreading and hauling manure. As feed intake increases,...
New Method to Determine Barley DE is Indicative of Performance
Current measurement of grain DE content prevents voluntary feed intake measurements and does not reflect practical conditions. Unrestricted access to nutrient-adequate diets is a proposed method to investigate the DE content of barley. This may be a new method to evaluate feedstuffs true nutritional value....
Micronized and Flaked Wheat in Nursery Diets
Micronization and flaking are processes that increase digestibility in young pigs. This is especially true when regarding early weaned pigs, as endogenous enzymatic secretion is not quite established so micronized grains should be beneficial. These processes lead to faster weight gain, heavier weights and improved...
Phosphorous Requirement of Grower Pigs
In order to reduce the amount of phosphorous in manure to decrease environmental effects, nutrient management for pigs is crucial. By decreasing the amount of phosphorous in feed to its requirement, the amount of phosphorous excreted is reduced. Phosphorous requirements were determined to be 6.2...