Composição química, vitreosidade e digestibilidade de diferentes híbridos de milho para suínos

Abstract

This study was conducted in order to evaluate the chemical composition, vitreousity endosperm and nutritional values of different hybrids of corn through of chemical analysis and a metabolism assay with growing pigs. The metabolism assay were conducted by utilizing 24 crossbred (LD x.LW) barrows with 35,6Kg+- 3,05Kg keept in metabolism cages . The experimental treatments were formed by six (6) diets formulated with hybrids of corn: "corn oil", corn QPM, corn-dent, semi-dent, and two corns-flints. The values obtained Vitreousity, Digestibility Coefficients of the Crude Protein, and Energy Digestible for corns high oil, QPM, dent, semi-dent, hard 1 and hard 2 were 78,5%; 71,7%; 57,2%; 68,2%; 75,9%; 82,8%; 80,14%; 82,35%; 69,71%; 76,98%; 75,61%; 3680, 3426; 3597; 3441; 3340 and 3469 Kcal/Kg, respectively. The data shown significant differences (P<0,005) for the values of vitreousity (P<0,005) among the corns studied. Corns varieties with hard texture show a higher vitreousity as compared with those semi-dent and corn dent varieties. There were significant differences in Digestibility Coefficients of Dry Matter, Digestibility Coefficients of Protein Crude and Energy Digestible among the corn varieties studied (P<0,05). The "corn oil" and the corn dent varieties shown higher digestibility values than others. The Nitrogen Retention showed significant differences (P<0,05) among the corns studied. The corns varieties dent, QPM and "corn oil" showed higher digestibility as compared with the semi-dent and corns-flints varieties. In conclusion the corn-dent, "corn oil"and corn QPM varieties showed better nutritional values than others varieties studied.