Abstract

Eighty-seven crossbred pigs (averaging 95 pounds initially) were used to compare the value of sorghum grain harvested with high-moisture and stored in an oxygen-limiting structure with that harvested with high-moisture and treated with propionic acid (1.2%), and stored in a metal bin, or field dried. Average daily gain, average daily feed intake, and feed/gain ratios in a growth trial and protein and energy digestibilities in a digestion trial, showed that high-moisture sorghum grain and field-dried sorghum have equal feeding values when compared on a dry-matter basis.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 11, 1976

Keywords: Swine day, 1976, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 519-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 283, Swine, High-moisture sorghum, Growing-finishing pigs, Energy digestibilities, Propionic acid

How to Cite:

Trotter, M. & Allee, G. L., (1976) “High-moisture sorghum for growing-finishing swine”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(10), 22-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.5979