Abstract

A growth study was conducted to determine the effects of substituting spray-dried cheese food for spray-dried plasma protein on weanling pig performance. Five dietary treatments included the control diet or diets with cheese food replacing 25, 50, 75, and 100% of the plasma on an equal lysine basis. Day 0 to 14 ADG and ADFI were decreased linearly as spray-dried cheese food increased. However, this decrease was most apparent when cheese food was included at more than 4% of the diet. No effects of cheese food inclusion were seen for F/G from d 0 to 14 postweaning or for growth performance from d 14 to 28 or from d 0 to 28 postweaning. These results indicate that spray-dried cheese food resulted in a linear reduction in ADG and ADFI. However, the growth reduction was not apparent until cheese food was included at more than 4% of the diet.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 21, 1996

Keywords: Swine day, 1996, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 97-142-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 772, Swine, Cheese food, Protein, Nursery pigs

How to Cite:

Loughmiller, J. A., Graf, P. S., Bergstrom, J. R., Muser, R. E., Nelssen, J. L., Goodband, R. D., Tokach, M. D. & Dritz, S. S., (1996) “Evaluation of spray-dried cheese food as a supplemental protein source for weanling pigs”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(10), 62-64. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6513