Three experiments were conducted to test the hypotheses that pigs fed diets that are equal in digestible P will perform equally regardless of the concentration of total P in the diets, and that the addition of microbial phytase, distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), or a combination of phytase and DDGS will result in a reduction in P excretion. In Exp. 1, a P-free diet and 6 diets conta...

Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) is a corn derived co-product of the ethanol industry. Recent renewable fuels legislation is encouraging more production of ethanol, thus using more corn but resulting in greater supplies of DDGS available for animal feeding. As corn prices increase some relief could be provided by feeding DDGS as it would replace some corn and soybean meal in poultry...

Distillers grains with solubles (DDGS), the major byproduct of ethanol production, is a good protein and energy feed for cattle. The DDGS can be fed wet or dried with animal performance usually similar when fed as wet or dried products; however, some research results favored the wet products. Cattle diets can contain DDGS as replacements for portions of both concentrates and forages, although D...

Two nutrient balance trials were conducted to determine the digestibility of energy, nitrogen, and phosphorus of Minnesota-South Dakota (MNSD) produced distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) in grower and finisher diets. Sixteen pigs weighing 28.6 ± 2.2 kg in Exp. 1 and 16 pigs weighing 84.4 ± 6.2 kg in Exp. 2, were randomly assigned to one of four corn-soybean meal based dietary treatme...

Three experiments were conducted to determine the effects of increasing dried distiller’s grains with solubles (DDGS) on growth performance and palatability in growing-finishing pigs. In Exp. 1, a total of 1,050 pigs (initially 104.9 lb) were used in a 28-d study in May 2002. Pigs were fed diets with either 0 or 15% DDGS and 0, 3, or 6% added fat, for a 2 × 3 factorial arrangement. Overall, the...

percentage resulted from the inclusion of increasing dietary DDGS concentration (P < 0.01). Despite the lack of treatment effect (P = 0.29), total monounsaturated fatty acids mass percentage linearly decreased in response to increased dietary DDGS (P = 0.04). Total polyunsaturated fatty acid mass % increased linearly in response to increased concentrations of dietary DDGS (P < 0.01) The outer l...

The objective of this study was to determine the ileal digestible energy (IDE), ME, and ME(n) contents of corn distillers grains (DDG) and corn distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) for 6-wk-old broiler chickens using a multiple linear regression method. The DDG and DDGS were incorporated into a corn-soybean meal-based reference diet at 3 levels (0, 300, or 600 g/kg) by replacing the energy-yi...

Dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) contain elevated concentrations of CP, oil, and S, which can negatively impact performance and carcass characteristics in steers weaned at 205 d of age. Early weaned (EW) cattle, however, consume less DM and require increased CP. Furthermore, the energy required to dispose of excess N may actually decrease excessive fat accumulation, which can occur ...

A growth performance and carcass evaluation study was conducted to determine the maximal inclusion rate of corn distillers dried grain with solubles (DDGS) in grower-finisher pig diets when formulated on a total AA basis. A total of 240 (28.4 +/- 0.8 kg of BW) crossbred pigs [(Yorkshire x Landrace) x Duroc] were allotted randomly within sex and weight outcome groups to 1 of 24 pens. Pens were a...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate different levels of “new generation” distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) in broiler diets throughout a 49 d growing period, based a standardized nutrient matrix derived from a composite of literature values. Diets were formulated based on digestible amino acid content to typical U.S. poultry industry standards to contain 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, or 25% ...