High moisture corn silage for growing and finishing swine

Authors

  • Ana Beatriz Rocha de Castro Lopes Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Produção Animal, Botucatu, SP
  • Dirlei Antonio Berto Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Produção Animal, Botucatu, SP
  • Ciniro Costa Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Produção Animal, Botucatu, SP
  • Mendelson Henrique Baldassa Muniz Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Produção Animal, Botucatu, SP
  • Guilherme Jordão de Magalhães Rosa Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Bioestatística, Botucatu, SP

Keywords:

gastric lesions, performance, structure of starch, swine

Abstract

An experiment with 48 pigs was carried out in a complete randomized block design with two treatments (rations consisting either ground dry corn grain or silage of ground high moisture corn grain – Cross breed C333B) and 12 replicates. Experimental period was 65 days from 29.40 ± 3.88 kg to 87.60 ± 7.78 kg. High moisture grain silage didn€™ t affect (P > 0.05) daily weight gain in any studied phases, but determined lower (P < 0.05) daily feed intake and better feed gain ratio in finishing phase (2.80 x 3.11 kg and 2.90 x 3.14) and total period (2.52 x 2.68 kg and 2.75 x 2.94). No significative differences (P>0.05) over all treatments were found for gastric lesions. High moisture grain corn silage can replaces advantageously dried corn in growing and finishing swine rations.

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Published

2013-12-02

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Section

ANIMAL NUTRITION

How to Cite

High moisture corn silage for growing and finishing swine. (2013). Bulletin of Animal Husbandry, 58(2), 191-200. http://bia.iz.sp.gov.br/index.php/bia/article/view/1384

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