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 - 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 - 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...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Effects of Dietary Aflatoxin on Hepatic Gene Expression in Swine
June 30, 2010By Kristi Cammack
Aflatoxins, especially aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), can be high in dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) when concentrated during the ethanol production process. Increased use of DDGS in...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Development of equations to predict the metabolizable energy content of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) samples from a wide variety of sources.
June 23, 2010By Michael Ellis
Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS), a byproduct of ethanol production from corn that is becoming available in increasing quantities, is a potentially valuable ingredient for use in...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Evaluation of the Pork Quality of Sows Fed Diets with different levels of Distillers Dried Grains
June 16, 2010By M. Latour
Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are potentially economical feed ingredients in the swine industry, especially in the Midwest. It is well known that DDGS quality varies between...
