The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence vitamin and β-glucan supplementations on growth performance growing-finishing pigs in Ben Tre province. A total 36 post-weaned piglets (Duroc x Yorkshire-Landrace) with initial live weight 17.42 kg±0.26, allotted into 3 treatments 4 replications a completely randomized design. There were three diets, including basal diet (BD) without any addit...

this research was conducted to study the performance of barley green fodder (bgf) yield in hydroponic system fed to fattening lambs. in a 16 week experiment, barley grain was grown in hydroponic system, during 5 and 7 days growing periods and the green fodder was included in the diet of fattening lambs, within two different feeding trials. the first trial was aimed to compare the bgf with barle...

Three trials involving 513 exotic crossbred steers were conducted to determine the effect of zeranol implanting in the suckling and growing phases on subsequent feedlot performance and carcass characteristics. Treatments were 1) unimplanted control, 0000; 2) implanted twice in the finishing phase, 00II; 3) implanted in the growing phase and twice in the finishing phase, 0III; 4) implanted in th...

Three experiments were conducted to determine the effects of whole cottonseed or cottonseed products on performance and carcass characteristics of beef cattle. In Exp. 1, 120 beef steers (initial BW = 381 +/- 31.7 kg) were fed steam-flaked corn-based finishing diets with 10% (DM basis) basal roughage, and whole cottonseed or individual cottonseed components (cottonseed hulls, meal, and oil). Ov...

Angus steers (n = 96; 321 ± 29 kg BW) were used to determine how previous exposure to increased dietary S would affect ruminal hydrogen sulfide concentrations ([H(2)S]) in the feedlot, to investigate the effects of dietary S on ruminal [H(2)S] during transition and finishing, and to determine if dietary S affects the glutathione status of finishing cattle. Steers were strip-grazed on smooth bro...

Two studies were conducted to investigate the effects of anti-diarrhoeal herbs on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and meat quality in pigs. In Exp 1, 150 weanling-growing piglets (average BW = 7.5±0.24 kg, average age = 27±1 d) were allotted into one of the five dietary treatments, including: i) CON, basal diet, ii) DP, basal diet+1 g/kg date pits, iii) JH, basal diet+0.5 g/kg Japan...

An experiment involving 560 crossbred pigs (28 replications of 4 to 6 pigs per pen) was conducted at 9 research stations to assess the effects of dietary concentrations of corn distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) on pig performance and belly firmness. Fortified corn-soybean meal diets containing 0, 15, 30, or 45% DDGS were fed in 3 phases from 33 to 121 kg of BW. A common source of DDG...

In addition to their role in the development and maintenance of the skeleton in pigs, calcium and phosphorus are involved in many other physiological processes. In practical swine diets, calcium can be considered an inexpensive nutrient. Phosphorus, on the other hand, is the third most expensive nutrient after energy and protein (amino acids). As the utilization of phosphorus in swine diets is ...

Materials and Methods The fermentation product was evaluated at concentrations of 0, .1, and .15% in corn-soybean meal diets (Table 1) fed to pigs from 62.2 to 240.2 lb. body weight. These corn-soybean meal diets previously have been demonstrated to allow rapid rates of body weight gain in pigs of the breeding (Yorkshire x Landrace and Hampshire x Duroc used in this research. The diets containe...