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Title: | Varying Levels of Maize Bran in Diets on the Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Starter-Grower Pigs |
Authors: | Attoh-Kotoku, V Donkoh, A Osafo, E L K Osei, J |
Keywords: | maize bran starter-grower pigs |
Issue Date: | 6-Sep-2011 |
Abstract: | A 17-week study was conducted to evaluate the effects of varying levels of maize bran in
the diet on growth performance and carcass characteristics of starter-grower pigs. Nine
8-week-old Large White entire male pigs of initial weight of 14.4 kg were used in the study.
The pigs were randomly allotted in equal numbers to three dietary treatments containing
0, 100 and 200 g maize bran kg-1, with maize, fishmeal and soyabean meal as major
ingredients. The diets were formulated to be isocaloric and isonitrogenous. The pigs had
free access to feed and water. The concentration of maize bran in the diet had no
significant effect on feed intake, weight gain, feed conversion efficiency and the various
carcass parameters measured. There was, however, a decrease in the cost of feed and feed
cost kg'1 live weight gain with increasing levels of maize bran. The results indicate that
maize bran may be included in pig starter diets up to 209 g kg-1 without causing adverse
effects on pig performance. |
Description: | In the Proceedings of the 15th GSAP Conference |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1211 |
Appears in Collections: | College of Agric and Natural Resources
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