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Nutritional Adequacy of Milo for the Finishing Pig

Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana

Abstract

Milo containing approximately 8.0% crude protein, fortified with vitamins, minerals and antibiotic, was inadequate as the sole source of protein for finishing pigs of 52- to 57-kg. initial weights. The addition of 0,25% lysine to such diets resulted in gains and gain-feed ratios equal to those of pigs fed a 12% crude protein corn-soybean meal diet.

With milo samples containing 0.20 or 0.28% lysine, maximum performance occurred when 0.24 and 0.16% of supplemental lysine, respectively, was added to the diet.

Finishing pigs receiving milo diets plus lysine produced carcasses having a higher percent of lean cuts, higher specific gravity values and greater loin-eye areas than animals receiving the milo control diet.

¹ The authors wish to acknowledge Merck and Co., Rahway, New Jersey; Chas. Pfizer and Co., Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y.; and Farm Service Co., Bloomington, Illinois, for funds and products which made this study possible.