Nutritive value of reconstituted sorghum grains for weanling pigs
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Date
1984Author
Mitaru, B.N.
Reichert, R.D.
Blair, R.
Type
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Grains from a high and low tannin sorghum
were reconstituted by adding distilled water at
a 30% level (w/w) and stored for 20 d at 25 C
with an acetic-propionic acid mixture added to
deter fungal growth. Another batch of grain
from the same sources was used as control (no
moisture treatment). The grains treated as
above were incorporated at a 75% level in soybean
meal-based starter diets for pigs. Reconstitution
reduced the tannin content of high
tannin sorghum significantly. The weight gains
and feed consumptions with untreated and
treated sorghums were not different (P>.05).
Feed efficiency (G/F) was better (P<.05) with
reconstituted than with the untreated sorghums.
Dry matter digestibility was improved
(P<.05) by reconstitution. The diets containing
high tannin sorghum had lower (P<.05) digestible
energy than the diets containing low
tannin sorghums. Reconstitution improved
(P<.05) the protein digestibility of the high
tannin sorghum, but not that of the low tannin
sorghum.
Citation
Journal of Animal Science 1984,Publisher
American Society of Animal Science Department of Animal Production