XII - 12th International Symposium - Digestive Physiology of Pigs
XII - 12th International Symposium - Digestive Physiology of Pigs
XII - 12th International Symposium - Digestive Physiology of Pigs
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<strong>Digestive</strong><br />
<strong>Physiology</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Pigs</strong><br />
These NE values were on average 3% greater than found<br />
for growing pigs. The ranking <strong>of</strong> feedstuffs in the NE system<br />
was as expected except for the comparatively high NE<br />
values found for DDGS and soybean meal.<br />
Key words: sow, feedstuffs, net energy<br />
1086 effect <strong>of</strong> a supra-phytase level on post-weaning<br />
growth and stool firmness <strong>of</strong> pigs fed low or high soybean<br />
meal diets. C. E. Zier-Rush 1 , S. Smith 1 , R. Palan 1 , J.<br />
Steckel 1 , P. Wilcock* 2 , and R. D. Boyd 1 , 1 The Hanor Company,<br />
Franklin, KY, USA, 2 AB Vista, Marlborough, UK.<br />
It is hypothesized that even a low level <strong>of</strong> dietary phytate<br />
is detrimental to piglet performance. This study was<br />
designed to determine if high levels <strong>of</strong> a modified E. coli<br />
phytase (Quantum TM ), when added to either a low (LSB)<br />
or high (HSB) soybean meal (SBM) feeding program,<br />
would improve post-weaning pig performance. Weaned<br />
pigs (n = 2550 at 5.53 ± 0.23 kg) were allotted to one <strong>of</strong><br />
8 dietary treatments (13 replicates/treatment) by weight in<br />
a randomized block design and fed a common diet for 1 d<br />
post-weaning. Test diets were arranged as 2 × 4 factorial<br />
with either LSB or HSB and 4 levels <strong>of</strong> phytase (0, 1250,<br />
2500 or 3750 FTU/kg). All pigs were fed a 2 phase feed<br />
program for 20 d using a feed budget allocation <strong>of</strong> 1.8 kg<br />
for phase 1 (P1) and 6.4 kg for phase 2 (P2). Diets were<br />
formulated to exceed NRC (1998) requirements including<br />
available P (P1 = 0.45%, P2 = 0.38%). The LSB treatments<br />
had SBM levels <strong>of</strong> 15% in P1 and 19% in P2 with phytate-P<br />
(PP) measured at 0.15% and 0.20% respectively. The HSB<br />
treatments had SBM levels <strong>of</strong> 25% in P1 and 29% in P2 with<br />
PP measured at 0.18% and 0.23% respectively. There was<br />
no interaction (P > 0.05) between SBM level and phytase.<br />
There was a positive linear trend for ADG (279, 292, 295,<br />
and 292 g/d, P Linear