Effects of combinations of wheat, corn or hulless barley with hulled barley supplemented with soybean meal or canola meal on growth rate, efficiency of feed utilization and carcass quality of market pigs

Bell, J. M.; Keith, M. O.

doi:10.1016/0377-8401(93)90043-j

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“…These di †erences are likely to be related to the variation in EE, starch and CP levels noted between the oat varieties. Other researchers have reported higher digestible energy values for hull-less than hulled barley (Thacker et al 1988 ;Bell and Keith 1993). The energy values reported in the present study for hulled oats compared favourably with those reported for light (13É84 MJ kg~1) and heavy (14É64 MJ kg~1) oats by NRC (1996).…”

Section: Chemical Compositionsupporting

confidence: 73%

Chemical characterisation and ruminal nutrient degradability of hulled and hull-less oats

Mustafa

Christensen

McKinnon

1998

J. Sci. Food Agric.

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Section: Chemical Compositionsupporting

confidence: 73%

Chemical characterisation and ruminal nutrient degradability of hulled and hull-less oats

Mustafa

Christensen

McKinnon

1998

J. Sci. Food Agric.

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“…When used during the entire finishing period, the growth rate of the pigs fed diets based on the two cereal grains was identical (1.10 kg/day), while pigs fed wheat showed a slight advantage in terms of feed conversion (2.70 vs. 2.84). These results are similar to the findings of McConnell et al (1975), Han et al (1976) and Bell and Keith (1993) who reported no significant differences in the performance of pigs fed wheat vs. corn. Van Lunen and Schulze (1996) reported similar growth rates but lower feed conversion for pigs fed a 60% wheatbased diet in comparison with a diet containing 20% wheat and 40% corn.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Performance and Carcass Composition of Growing-finishing Pigs Fed Wheat or Corn-based Diets

Han¹,

Soita²,

Thacker³

2005

Asian Australas. J. Anim. Sci

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The objective of this experiment was to compare corn and wheat in finishing pig diets in order to determine whether performance, carcass quality, fatty acid composition or fat colour is altered by choice of cereal grain. A total of 126 crossbred pigs were used in this experiment. At the start of the experiment, a portion of the experimental animals were assigned to receive a wheat-based diet formulated using soybean meal as the sole source of supplementary protein. The remainder of the pigs were assigned to a corn-based diet formulated to supply a similar level of lysine (0.65%) and energy (3,300 kcal/kg DE). At two week intervals, a portion of the pigs on the corn-based diet were switched to the wheat-based diet so that a gradient was produced with pigs being fed the corn and wheatbased diets for different proportions of the finishing period ranging from 100% on wheat to 100% on corn. There were no significant differences in the growth rate of pigs fed the two diets (p = 0.834). Pigs fed wheat tended to consume slightly less feed (p = 0.116) and had a significantly improved feed conversion (p = 0.048) compared with pigs fed corn. Choice of cereal did not affect dressing percentage (p = 0.691), carcass value index (p = 0.146), lean yield (p = 0.134), loin fat (p = 0.127) or loin lean (p = 0.217). Fatty acid composition of backfat was unaffected by the cereal grain fed (p>0.05). Total saturated fatty acid content was 33.31% for both corn and wheat fed pigs (p = 0.997) while the polyunsaturated fatty acid content was 12.01% for corn fed pigs and 11.21% for wheat fed pigs (p = 0.257). The polyunsaturated/saturated ratio was 0.36 for pigs fed corn and 0.34 for pigs fed wheat (p = 0.751). Hunter Lab Colour Scores indicated no difference either in the whiteness or yellowness of the fat. In conclusion, wheat can substitute for corn in growingfinishing pig rations without detrimental effects on pig performance. There were no differences in either the fatty acid composition of backfat or in backfat colour indicating that the decision to use wheat vs. corn needs to be made on economic grounds rather than being based on their effects on fat quality.

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“…also observed no differences in BF among pigs fed diets of yellow and white corn. When comparing corn with barley diets, similar findings to our results were reported by Wu et al 2000, Bell et al (1993 ), and. Earlier research by , found that pigs fed corn and wheat diets had more backfat when compared to pigs fed several different barley varieties.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Duroc-sired pigs had a larger LM when compared to HD-sired pigs. Sire line differences from this research differ with Berger et al (1994) and Ball et al (1996) Bell et al (1993) and showed no differences in FFL of pigs fed either corn or barley diets. Lean gain on test values were lower for barley-fed pigs when compared to yellow corn, white corn, and the combination diet of 1 /3 yellow and 2/3 white corn diets.…”

Section: Carcass Compositioncontrasting

confidence: 88%

Comparison of grain sources (yellow corn, white corn, and barley) for swine diets and their effect on performance and carcass traits

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Effects of combinations of wheat, corn or hulless barley with hulled barley supplemented with soybean meal or canola meal on growth rate, efficiency of feed utilization and carcass quality of market pigs

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

Chemical characterisation and ruminal nutrient degradability of hulled and hull-less oats

Chemical characterisation and ruminal nutrient degradability of hulled and hull-less oats

Performance and Carcass Composition of Growing-finishing Pigs Fed Wheat or Corn-based Diets

Comparison of grain sources (yellow corn, white corn, and barley) for swine diets and their effect on performance and carcass traits

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