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Comparison of Opaque–2 Corn, Milo and Wheat in Diets for Finishing Swine

University of Illinois, Urbana

Abstract

Two experiments were conducted with finishing pigs to evaluate diets containing regular corn, Opaque–2 corn, milo and wheat.Opaque–2 corn, 0.35% lysine, was inadequate as the sole source of amino acids for maximum rate and efficiency of gain in the finishing pig. However, Opaque–2 corn plus 0.15% supplemental lysine supported gains and gain/feed equal or superior to those of pigs fed a regular corn-soybean meal 12 fo protein diet. Wheat or milo supplemented with appropriate levels of lysine supported satisfactory gains, but on the average were less efficiently utilized than the Opaque–2-soybean meal and Opaque-2 plus lysine diets.

Pelleted diets supported more efficient gains than did meal diets.

The results reported here indicate that the amino acid pattern of Opaque–2 corn is superior to that of regular hybrid corn for finishing swine.