Substitution of Feed Raw Material,Oats Application in Pig Feed

Oat fiber may benefit intestinal health, so oats, up to 20%, are usually used in the diet of weaned piglets. Adding 30% oats to post-weaning diets does not reduce growth performance compared to feeding corn or sorghum-based diets.

Research from Zhang Shujin

Both regular oats and high-fat oats do not harm the production performance of pigs and can partially replace corn as a feed material for pigs. Oats have a high yield and low cost, making it feasible to replace corn as a feed material for pigs.

Research?from Thacker

Oats have no negative impact on the growth performance of pigs, and compared with ordinary oats, high-fat oats can improve the growth rate and feed conversion rate of pigs, as well as increase nutrient digestibility.

Therefore, oats can serve as a substitute for traditional feed materials and become an energy source for growing and fattening pigs.

Kim et al.

Whether adding oats to the diet of weaned pigs based on rice or unprocessed wheat would affect post-weaning diarrhea and protein fermentation in the large intestine. The results showed that adding oats significantly reduced pig diarrhea in situations where there may be an imbalance between carbohydrates and proteins entering the hindgut.

Lammers et al.

The effectiveness of a diet containing 20% oat screening or 20% wheat using 45 hybrid fattening pigs. Oats were screened into high fiber by-products of oats, and the pigs were fed three different diets in two stages: corn soybean meal, corn soybean meal with 20% wheat, and corn soybean meal with 20% oats. The results showed that compared with pigs fed with control or 20% wheat diets, pigs fed with 20% oat screening had higher growth efficiency values, and feeding oats had no negative effect on lean meat gain and lean meat gain efficiency in pigs.

Letermed et al.

The effect of adding high-fat dehulled oats to the diet on weaned piglets and fed them continuously for 4 weeks. The results showed that high-fat dehulled oats had no significant effect on the average daily weight gain, feed intake, or weight gain ratio of piglets.

Therefore, high-fat dehulled oats can replace wheat, rapeseed oil, and soybean meal in the diet of fattening pigs.