Determination of Optimal Replacement Level of Whole Maize with Maize Offal-Brewers Dried Grain Mixture for Weaner Pigs

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to determine optimal level(s) of replacement of maize offal – Brewers dried grain mixture (MO - BDG) for whole maize in diets for weaner pigs. Twenty crossbred (Large White x Landrace) barrows with average initial weight of 19.86 kg were fed five experimental diets formulated in a way that maize offal – Brewers dried grain mixture replaced whole maize at 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent levels respectively. Each of the treatment diets was fed to four pigs having two replicates with two pigs per replicate. The final weight gain and feed conversion ratio of the groups on 25% and 50% replacement levels were not significantly different (P>0.05) from 0% replacement (control) but were significantly greater than (P