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Unpublished Paper
Effect of Low Energy, High Fiber Diets on Digestibility Traits in Pigs Selected for Residual Feed Intake
Animal Industry Report
  • Emily D. Mauch, Iowa State University
  • Nicholas Gabler, Iowa State University
  • Nick V. L. Serão, Iowa State University
  • Thomas E. Weber, Iowa State University
  • John F. Patience, Iowa State University
  • Brian Kerr, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Jack C. M. Dekkers, Iowa State University
Extension Number
ASL R3033
Publication Date
2015
Topic
Swine
Summary and Implications

In this study, barrows and gilts from the Iowa State University Residual Feed Intake selection lines were fed two diets. The first, the Control diet, was corn and soybean-meal based, and was high in energy yet low in fiber content. The second, the Fiber diet, substituted in corn bran, wheat middlings, and soybean hulls, and resulted in a lower energy and higher fiber diet. These two diets were fed to pigs that had previously been selected for increased and decreased feed efficiency over the course of 8 generations based on residual feed intake. Fecal grab samples were collected from these pigs during the first and third finishing growth-phases with the objective of evaluating differences in dry matter, gross energy, nitrogen, and neutral detergent fiber digestibility between the two genetic lines and the two diets. This study observed beneficial increases in digestibility of fibrous feed components in pigs selected for increased feed efficiency.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-1360
Language
en
Citation Information
Emily D. Mauch, Nicholas Gabler, Nick V. L. Serão, Thomas E. Weber, et al.. "Effect of Low Energy, High Fiber Diets on Digestibility Traits in Pigs Selected for Residual Feed Intake" (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john-patience/29/