Nutritional value of high-fat oat groats fed to weaned pigs

Leterme, P., Montoya, C. and Rossnagel. B. 2010. Nutritional value of high-fat oat groats fed to weaned pigs. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 90: 65-67. Oat groats with high-fat (H FOG) content for weaned pigs were evaluated. The H FOG contained 95 g fat, 159 g crude protein and 5.4 g of apparently digestible lysine per kilogram DM. Weaned pigs (8.5 kg) were fed diets containing 0, 150, 300 or 450 g H FOG kg(-1) DM for 4 wk. No difference in overall average daily gain, feed intake or gain-to-feed ratio was observed between treatments. In conclusion, H FOG can replace a mixture of wheat, canola oil and soybean meal (84:7:9) in diets for nursery pigs.