Performance of Upgraded Tenyi Vo pig on Diet Replaced with Dried Distillers Grain with Solubles

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of feeding Dried distillers grain with solubles as ground nut cake replacement on body weight, gain in weight, feed intake, feed efficiency, and the economics of production of upgraded Tenyi Vo pigs (75 per cent). Total number of 20 upgraded Tenyi Vo pigs about 3 months old were divided into four treatment groups designated as T1, T2, T3, and T4, having five animals in each treatment as replicates. The animals were fed diet containing DDGS at 0, 6, 12, and 18 per cent as GNC replacement. The resultsrevealed that feeding of DDGS based diet did not have any significant effect on the final body weight, total weight gain or mean feed efficiency. Feed intake was observed to be significantly (p<0.05) higher in DDGS-based diet group. The total cost of production per kg of gain was observed to be at its maximum at 18 percent DDGS level. A Higher net profit per pig, net profit per kg of weight gain and benefit cost ratio were observed in the groups fed with 12 percent DDGS followed by 6 percent, 0 percent and the least at the 18 percent DDGS. Based on the above findings, replacement of GNC with DDGS at the rate of 12 percent was recommended for upgraded Tenyi Vo pigs (75 per cent) for achieving optimum body weight, weight gain, feed intake, FCE and a higher net return.