Effect of Dietary Fat Level on Apparent Nutrient Digestibility by Growing Swine

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Abstract
A growth-digestion trial and a digestion trial were conducted with growing swine to study the effects of adding fat to practical-type swine rations on the performance and digestibility of ration nutrients. The addition of 10% stabilized beef tallow resulted in non-significantly increased weight gains on high protein levels (19%) and non-significantly decreased gains on low protein levels (13%). Using data obtained with conventional total fecal collections and the dry-ash, chromium oxide indicator method, the apparent protein digestibility of practical-type rations for growing swine was not influenced by the addition of fat. Copyright © . .