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Effect of flaked maize in diets for early-weaned pigs on performance to 6 weeks of age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

K. J. McCracken ,
S. M. Eddie  and
N. Walker
K. J. McCracken
Affiliation:
Agricultural and Food Chemistry Research Division, Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland and the Queen's University of Belfast
S. M. Eddie
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland and the Queen's University of Belfast
N. Walker
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland and the Queen's University of Belfast
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Abstract

Four experiments were conducted to study the performance of pigs weaned at 10 days on to diets containing different amounts of flaked maize.

Digestibilities of dry matter and energy of flaked maize were found to be 0·87 for pigs between 11 and 16 days of age.

Starter diets containing 0, 250 or 375 g flaked maize/kg, given from 10 to 35 days, resulted in growth rates of 254, 254 and 213 g/day respectively and the reduction with the high level of maize was significant (P< 0·001). Feed conversion ratio was unaffected by treatment and averaged 1·08.

When the starter diets were replaced at about 24 or 27 days by a cereal-based diet containing 200 g dried skim milk/kg there were no significant differences in performance between 10 days and 10 kg live weight due to starter diet, and growth rates were similar t o those obtained when the starter diets were given to 35 days. However, there was a consistent trend of lower food intakes, poorer feed conversion ratio and, consequently, poorer growth during the immediate post-weaning period on the starter diet containing 375 g flaked maize/kg.

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Animal Production , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , February 1980 , pp. 85 - 93
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1980

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