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Table 4 Effects of liquid feeding ethanol byproducts on growth performance and water consumption of pigs1, 2

From: Effects of liquid feeding of corn condensed distiller’s solubles and whole stillage on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and sensory traits of pigs

Item

Dietary treatment

  

Treatment 1 (corn-soybean meal)

Treatment 2

(5% CCDS + 25% CWS)

Treatment 3

(10.5% CCDS + 19.5% CWS)

Treatment 4 (graded level CCDS + graded level CWS)

SEM3

P value

Body weight, kg

 d 1

13.4

13.6

13.6

13.5

0.7

1.00

 d 28

34.8

34.7

34.8

34.2

1.1

0.984

 d 84

84.8 A

80.0 B

79.9 B

78.8 B

1.5

0.010

 d 126

127.7 A

119.9 B

120.8 B

120.5 B

1.6

0.0002

Average daily gain, kg/d

 d 1–28

0.76

0.75

0.76

0.74

0.02

0.791

 d 28–84

0.89 A

0.81 B

0.81 B

0.80 B

0.02

0.004

 d 84–126

1.02 A

0.95 B

0.97 AB

0.99 AB

0.01

0.02

 d 1–126

0.91 A

0.84 B

0.85 B

0.85 B

0.01

0.003

Average daily feed intake (kg/d, 88% dry matter basis)

 d 1–28

1.15 Bb

1.28 A

1.27 A

1.25 ABa

0.04

0.008

 d 28–84

2.23

2.32

2.25

2.26

0.03

0.176

 d 84–126

3.70

3.74

3.65

3.66

0.001

0.113

 d 1–126

2.48 B

2.56 Aa

2.50 ABb

2.50 ABb

0.02

0.014

Feed conversion efficiency (weight gain : feed intake)

 d 1–28

0.67 A

0.59 B

0.60 B

0.59 B

0.01

<0.0001

 d 28–84

0.40 A

0.35 B

0.36 B

0.35 B

0.01

<0.0001

 d 84–126

0.28

0.25

0.27

0.27

0.004

0.225

 d 1–126

0.37 A

0.33 B

0.34 B

0.34 B

0.004

< 0.0001

Water disappearance during d 1–126 (l/pigd)

Water from feed

5.6 C

5.8 B

5.6 C

6.3 A

0.03

< 0.0001

Water from drinkers

2.0

1.3

1.5

1.8

0.3

0.391

Total water

7.6 ab

7.1 b

7.1 b

8.1 a

0.3

0.056

  1. 1 CCDS corn condensed distiller’s solubles, CWS corn whole stillage
  2. 2Means within a row without common upper case letters differ (P < 0.05). Means within a row without common lower case letters tend to differ (0.05 < P < 0.10)
  3. 3SEM listed in the table were calculated for each time point or period without consideration of repeated measures. When a repeated measures design was taken into consideration, SEM were 1.3, 0.02, 0.03, and 0.01for body weight, average daily gain, average daily feed intake, and gain to feed ratio, respectively