Effects of reducing dietary energy (tallow) in diets containing emulsifier blend on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and blood profile in growing pigs

Abstract

This experiment was conducted to study the effects of reducing dietary energy (tallow) in diets contain 0.05% emulsifier blend (sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate and Tween-20) on growth performance parameters in growing pigs. Linear and quadratic polynomial contrasts were used to examine responses to supplemental graded levels of energy (3260, 3240, and 3220 kcal kg−1, respectively) in diets. However, no significant difference was observed in all treatment diets. There is an opportunity to reduce feed cost by reducing energy in diets containing emulsifier blend.