Thirty eight veal calves aged 7 weeks were fed milk replacers containing either coconut fat or tallow for a period of 15 weeks. Body weight gain was 114.2 10.3 and 115.7 22.5 kg (mean SD, n = 19, P > 0.05) for the calves fed the diets with either coconut fat or tallow, respectively. Faeces were collected during the last week of the trial. Apparent digestibility of crude fat was 93.3 4.9 and 91....

A study with 3 experiments was conducted to determine the AA digestibility and energy concentration of deoiled (solvent-extracted) corn distillers dried grains with solubles (dDGS) and to evaluate its effect on nursery pig growth performance, finishing pig growth performance, and carcass traits. In Exp. 1, a total of 5 growing barrows (initial BW = 30.8 kg) were fitted with a T-cannula in the d...

The increased inclusion of unsaturated fats in pig diets has raised issues related to pork carcass fat quality. The objective of this experiment was to more precisely measure how differing levels of daily fatty acid intake alters the fatty acid composition in 3 different fat depots. A total of 42 gilts and 21 barrows (PIC 337×C22/29) with an average initial weight of 77.80±0.38 kg were allotted...

The influence of fiber source and dietary fat level on digestive traits and productive performance was studied in broilers from 1 to 21 d of age. There were 6 treatments arranged factorially with 3 sources of fiber (none; 3% oat hulls, OH; and 3% sugar beet pulp, SBP) and 2 fat sources (5% soybean oil, SO; and 5% yellow grease, YG). Each treatment was replicated 6 times and the experimental uni...

Complementary foods were formulated from blends of maize, cowpea and orange fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP). Five different flour with the substitution at 5-30%, OFSP 5-20% while 100% maize was used as control. The heated extruded using a cold extruder. samples thereafter analyzed for their proximate, mineral, vitamin compositions, % In vitro Protein Digestibility. moisture, ash, fat, crude prote...

Fifty-six [(Duroc×Yorkshire)×Landrace] pigs with an average initial BW of 19.3±0.17 kg were used in this 15-wk growth experiment to investigate the effects of grape pomace fermented by Saccharomyces boulardii on pig growth performance, nutrient digestibility and quality attributes of pork. Pigs were allotted to 2 dietary treatments (7 replications) based on their initial BW in a randomized comp...

Our objective was to perform a series of meta-analyses evaluate the effects diets supplemented with saturated free fatty acid (FA) supplements (SFAA) compared nonfat control (CON) on nutrient digestibility and production responses lactating dairy cows determine whether experimental design affects SFFA. We divided SFFA into C16:0-enriched (PALM, FA ≥80% C16:0) C16:0+C18:0-enriched (MIX, C16:0+C1...

The apparent digestibility of energy, protein, fat and non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) of low and high dietary fibre (DF) mixed diets were studied in three series of experiments with man and the rat. Low DF diets were used as control diets in each experimental series and the DF level was increased by adding fruits and vegetables (Study 1), citrus fibre concentrate (Study 2) and insoluble barle...