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Table 7 Concentration of energy in corn and 10 sources of corn distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) fed to growing pigs 1

From: Strategies to improve fiber utilization in swine

  

DDGS

Item

Corn

Average

SD

Lowest value

Highest value

GE, kcal/kg DM

4,496

5,434

108

5,272

5,592

ATTD2 of energy,%

90.4

76.8

2.73

73.9

82.8

DE, kcal/kg DM

4,088

4,140

205

3,947

4,593

ME, kcal/kg DM

3,989

3,897

210

3,674

4,336

  1. 1 Data from Pedersen et al. [83] as adapted from Stein and Shurson [82].
  2. 2 ATTD = apparent total tract digestibility.