Pigs fed DDGS gain same weight as with basal diet

Distillers dried grains with solubles, or DDGS, are increasingly common in swine diets in the United States. A study by the University of Illinois shows that pigs fed DDGS-CV, HP-DDG, or DDGS-BPX had no differences in average daily gain, average daily feed intake, and gain to feed ratio compared with pigs fed the basal diet. This was true for both growing and finishing pigs. “Ethanol plants use different procedures to produce DDGS, which results in different end products,” said Hans