Effect of xylanase in diets containing pre-characterized wheat varieties on the performance of weaner pigs.
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2001
Conference Title
Eighth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association (
Place of Publication
Adelaide
ISBN
0 957 7226-1-3
ISSN
1324-9177
Keywords
pigs, swine
Disciplines
Meat Science
Abstract
Previous studies (Partridge et al., 1999) have shown that the level of improvement in voluntary feed intake of pigs fed xylanase-supplemented wheat-based diets was dependent on the initial quality of the wheat. Two wheat cultivars (Stiletto and Currawong) were chosen which had similar digestible energy (DE) values (13.3 and 13.4 MJ/kg DE, respectively; Kim et al., 2001), but different feed intake responses in weaner pigs when included at 90% in the feed (higher with Currawong). In this study the two cultivars were compared in a performance trial using conventional wheat-based diets that were titrated with multiple levels of a xylanase-based product.
Recommended Citation
Simmins, P H,
Pluske, J R,
and
Mullan, B P.
(2001), Effect of xylanase in diets containing pre-characterized wheat varieties on the performance of weaner pigs., Eighth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association (, Adelaide, pp.260-260.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/conf_papers/211
