Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Critical evaluation of commercially available enzymes, and processing on nutrient digestibility of swine diets containing DDGS
February 24, 2011By Brian Kerr
Application of enzymes in an effort to improve nutrient digestibility of plant-based feed ingredients for swine and poultry has been studied for decades. Essentially, an enzyme(s) must match the...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Effects of exogenous phytase on the apparent total tract digestibility of energy and phosphorus, and on the standardized total tract digestibility of P in corn, DDGS, HP DDG, and corn germ
February 21, 2011By Hans Stein
The objective of this research was to measure the effects on energy and P digestibility of adding 4 levels of exogenous enzyme to corn, DDGS, HP DDG, and corn germ when fed to growing pigs. The 4...
Animal Science
Evaluation of two mycotoxin binders as a means to reduce the adverse effects of vomitoxin on the performance and health in growing/finishing pigs
February 15, 2011By John Patience
The 2009 corn crop was one of the worst in recent memory in terms of overall quality and the incidence and levels of mycotoxin contamination. It was a very serious concern to the Iowa pork...
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
Genetic improvement of farrowing rate and non-productive days in swine by selection for litters per sow per year
December 1, 2010By John Mabry
The first purpose of this study was to determine the genetic and phenotypic correlations between maternal and post-weaning traits from a seedstock swine breeding system. The post-weaning traits...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Fate of Lysine and Phytate During the Bioprocess of Making DDGS
November 15, 2010By Yanhong Zhang
PART AThe objective of this study is to monitor the changes in lysine concentration and reactivity through the unit operations and processes that are used to make fuel ethanol. The...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Impact of DDGS Particle Size on DM, Energy, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Digestibility in Diets for Growing Pigs
October 22, 2010By G.C. Shurson
The objectives of this study were to determine DE and ME content, and evaluate the effect of different particle sizes of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) at a 30% dietary inclusion...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Evaluation of Choice White Grease and Beef Tallow to Improve Pork Quality when Pigs are Fed Distillers Dried Grains
August 24, 2010By Brian Richert
The feeding of dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) is becoming a common place in the swine industry to help reduce feed costs. However, there can be reduced growth performance, carcass...
Animal Science
Association of compositional traits and structural soundness with the ability of commercial line of sows to complete parities four and five – NPB#06-192. (A continuation of the original project 2005 titled: Association of compositional, structural soundness, and health with the ability of a commercial line of young sows to successfully complete parity one (NPB#05-081) and the 2006 project titled:
August 6, 2010By Ken Stalder
Poor sow longevity has both economic and welfare ramifications for the commercial swine industry. According to PigCHAMP™...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Effects of rapid introduction and removal of high and low digestibility corn distillers dried grains from the diet, and dietary inclusion rates on growth performance and carcass characteristics of growing-finishing pigs
July 30, 2010By G.C. Shurson
Due to inevitable price fluctuations of feed ingredients, pork producers and nutritionists are frequently seeking low cost feed...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Characteristics and Eating Quality of Bacon and Sausage from Finishing Pigs Fed Medium and High Levels of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) from Ethanol Production
July 30, 2010By G.L. Cromwell
An experiment involving 60 crossbred pigs was conducted at the University of Kentucky to assess the effects of feeding high levels of corn distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) on...
