Wheat middlings and red dog are co-products from the wheat processing industry and are the high-fiber leftovers from production of wheat flour. There is an estimated total annual production of 6 to million tons of wheat coproducts produced in the…
Correlation between physical characteristics of diets and absorption of energy by pigs
Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), wheat middlings, and soybean hulls are cost-effective co-products that may replace some corn in swine diets. However, these co-products contain more dietary fiber and less starch compared with corn. The amount of energy obtained…
Effects of pelleting and extrusion on energy and nutrient digestibility in diets fed to pigs
The objective of the present work was to determine if extrusion, pelleting or the combination of extrusion and pelleting has the ability to improve the digestibility of energy and nutrients in diets fed to pigs. The second objective was to…
Comparative Digestibility of energy and nutrients in gestating sows and growing pigs
The objective of this research was to compare DE and ME values and values for the apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of energy and nutrients of the 11 diets in growing pigs and gestating sows. Two experiments were conducted to…
Effects of reducing the particle size of corn on the concentration of digestible and metabolizable energy and on the digestibility of energy, phosphorus, and amino acids by growing pigs
The objective of this research was to measure the effects of different particle sizes of corn on energy and nutrient digestibility and to test the hypothesis that diets containing corn with reduced particle size can be formulated with less fat…
Phosphorus digestibility and concentration of digestible and metabolizable energy in corn, corn co-products, and bakery meal fed to growing pigs
The main aim of this research was to determine P digestibility and concentration of digestible and metabolizable energy in corn, corn co-products, and bakery meal fed to growing pigs. It was also the purpose to determine the effect of addition…