Performance of Starter Pigs Fed Malted and Fermented Maize Based Weaner Diets
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Two experiments were conducted with the overall objective of
developing appropriate diets to permit early weaning for
increased productivity and profitability of pig production. Use
of malted or fermented maize grain in weaner diets is an
available alternative towards improved feed intake, digestion
and growth rate. Malting significantly increases feed intake in
weaned piglets. However, based on cost of inputs, fermented
maize-FM based weaner diet was considered to be of low cost,
resulted in good performance and therefore used to reduce
weaning age. Feeding FM upon weaning at week 5 significantly
improved ADG as compared to weaning at week 6. In
conclusion, malting and fermentation of maize improve
performance of weaned piglets.
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