The Influence of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles During Gestation on Sow Productivity and Milk Composition

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Table 1. Composition of the experimental diets.

Item	Treatments
	Control	12.5% DDGS	25% DDGS
Ingredient, %
Corn	62.40	56.90	52.40
Soybean meal	16.00	8.00	-
Corn DDGS	-	12.50	25.00
Wheat bran	18.00	19.00	19.00
L-Lysine•HCl	-	0.12	0.24
Limestone	1.00	1.12	1.20
Dicalcium phosphate	1.10	0.86	0.66
Salt	0.50	0.50	0.50
Vitamin and mineral premix^°	1.00	1.00	1.00
Analysed composition
CP, %	14.51	14.49	14.47
ME, MJ/kg^#	11.90	11.88	11.90
CF, %	3.17	3.56	3.91
NDF, %	14.54	18.27	21.67
Lysine, %	0.65	0.64	0.62
Tryptophan, %	0.16	0.14	0.13
Threonine, %	0.52	0.51	0.49
Methionine+cysteine, %	0.39	0.41	0.42
Ca, %	0.69	0.70	0.68
Total P, %	0.61	0.60	0.62

Control, corn-soybean based diet; DDGS, distillers dried grains with solubles; CP, crude protein; ME, metabolisable energy; CF; crude fibre; NDF, neutral detergent fibre; CA, calcium; P, phosphorus.

°Provided the following per kilogram of diet: Cu as CuSO4•5H₂O, 18.2 mg; Zn as ZnO, 126.0 mg; Se as Na₂SeO₃, 0.3 mg; Mn as MnSO4•H2O, 50.5 mg; Fe as FeSO₄•H₂O, 150.3 mg; I as KI, 0.4 mg; vitamin A, 11,050 U; vitamin D, 2310 U; vitamin E, 62.8 U; vitamin K, 2.6 mg; riboflavin, 5.8 mg; pantothenic acid, 20 mg; niacin, 25 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 326 μg; folate, 6.5 mg; pyridoxine, 1.8 mg; biotin, 350 μg; thiamin, 1.9 mg.

#Values calculated following the Tables of Feed Composition and Nutritive Values in China (Xiong et al., 2008).

Table 2. Effect of distillers dried grains with solubles in the gestation diets on sow performance.

Item	Treatments			SEM	P
	Control	12.5% DDGS	25% DDGS
Number of sows	12	12	12
Average parity	2.20	2.30	2.30	0.08	0.86
Gestation interval, d Sow weight, kg	114.20	114.70	115.30	0.27	0.27
At insemination	177.30	171.25	182.60	3.36	0.40
At d 110	232.00	223.90	236.55	3.32	0.30
After farrowing	211.50	205.30	216.20	3.65	0.49
Weaning	209.00	203.50	215.80	3.42	0.35
Lactation weight loss Backfat, mm	2.50	1.80	0.40	1.31	0.81
At insemination	14.28	13.69	14.54	0.38	0.67
At d 110	15.64	15.08	15.97	0.39	0.66
After farrowing	15.86	15.27	16.18	0.34	0.64
Weaning	14.60	14.23	15.46	0.38	0.41
Lactation backfat loss	1.26	1.04	0.72	0.20	0.55
Lactation ADFI, kg	5.61^b	5.87^ab	6.17^a	0.09	0.03
Weaning to oestrus, d	6.60^a	5.80^ab	5.30^b	0.19	0.01

Control, corn-soybean based diet; DDGS, distillers dried grains with solubles; ADFI, average daily feed intake.

^a,bTreatments with different superscripts within the same row are different (P<0.05).

Table 3. Effect of distillers dried grains with solubles in the gestation diets on sow reproductive and litter performance.

Item		Treatments		SEM	P
	Control	12.5% DDGS	25% DDGS
Total piglets born	12.10	11.90	11.80	0.34	0.94
Total born litter weight, kg	16.96	17.29	16.37	0.55	0.80
Average piglet birth BW, kg	1.40	1.44	1.41	0.03	0.89
Piglets born alive	10.90	10.70	10.40	0.38	0.88
Born alive litter weight, kg	15.84	16.05	15.18	0.64	0.85
Born alive piglet BW, kg	1.45	1.48	1.47	0.03	0.94
Piglets per litter at weaning	9.40	9.10	9.60	0.32	0.82
Litter weaned weight, kg	53.38	56.49	59.74	2.00	0.45
Average piglet BW at weaning, kg	5.69	6.28	6.28	0.12	0.07
Litter gain weight, kg	37.54	40.44	44.56	1.80	0.29
ADG, kg/d	0.20^b	0.23^a	0.23^a	0.01	0.04
Piglet survival to weaning, %	92.77	85.96	93.27	0.04	0.73

Control, corn-soybean based diet; DDGS, distillers dried grains with solubles; BW, body weight; ADG, average daily gain.

^a,bTreatments with different superscripts within the same row are different (P<0.05).

Table 4. Effect of distillers dried grains with solubles in the gestation diets on the composition of sow colostrum and milk.

Item	Treatments			SEM	P
	Control	12.5% DDGS	25% DDGS
Total solids, %
Farrowing d 0	23.53	22.46	23.76	0.38	0.35
Weaning d 21	16.85	15.99	17.22	0.33	0.32
Protein, %
Farrowing d 0	12.25	12.53	13.06	0.25	0.44
Weaning d 21	6.72	6.51	6.10	0.34	0.77
Fat, %
Farrowing d 0	3.54	4.03	4.40	0.15	0.06
Weaning d 21	5.45	5.75	5.90	0.15	0.52
Lactose, %
Farrowing d 0	3.86	4.00	3.92	0.09	0.82
Weaning d 21	4.94	5.20	5.26	0.15	0.68

Control, corn-soybean based diet; DDGS, distillers dried grains with solubles.

XiongB.H. PangZ.H. LuoQ.Y., 2008. Introduction of tables of feed composition and nutritive values in China 2008. China Feed 21/22:35-41.

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