Replacement of maize by wheat bran on growth, feed efficiency and nutrient digestibility in pigs

The aim was to study the effect of replacement of maize by wheat bran on growth and nutrient utilization of growing Large White Yorkshire pigs. Thirty weaned female Large White Yorkshire piglets were divided in to three groups with five replicates in each group and were maintained under identical management conditions for the period of 70 days.

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2020) 9(5): 2916-2924 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume Number (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.905.345 Replacement of Maize by Wheat Bran on Growth, Feed Efficiency and Nutrient Digestibility in Pigs N Elanchezhian1* and K Ally2 Department of Animal Nutrition, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research, Puducherry- 605 009, India Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur, Kerala, India-680651 *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Pig, wheat bran, Growth, Feed conversion, Digestibility Article Info Accepted: 23 April 2020 Available Online: 10 May 2020 The aim was to study the effect of replacement of maize by wheat bran on growth and nutrient utilization of growing Large White Yorkshire pigs Thirty weaned female Large White Yorkshire piglets were divided in to three groups with five replicates in each group and were maintained under identical management conditions for the period of 70 days The three dietary treatments were randomly allotted, T1-control ration as per NRC (1998), T2 -50 per cent of maize of control ration replaced by wheat bran and T3-100 per cent of maize of control ration replaced by wheat bran The average daily gain and feed conversion efficiency were 813.00, 769.86, 678.43g and 2.80, 2.88, 3.08, respectively for three dietary treatments The pigs of T1 and T2 had similar and higher (P