TY - JOUR AU - Gekara, Ondieki AU - Dokes, Talesha AU - Marshall, Renita PY - 2013 TI - Diet Modification to Reduce Fecal Excretion of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Growing-Finishing Pigs JF - American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences VL - 8 IS - 4 DO - 10.3844/ajavsp.2013.197.202 UR - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajavsp.2013.197.202 AB - An experiment was conducted to determine whether brewers rice can replace all corn in diets for swine and reduce fecal excretion of Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P) without compromising performance and carcass quality of growing-finishing pigs. Sixteen Yorkshire x Duroc x Hampshire crosses (BW = 77±2.5 kg) were randomly assigned to either corn/soybean meal (CSM; control) or brewers rice/soybean meal (RSM) diet. Both diets were formulated to contain 14% CP. The RSM pigs had a greater reduction (p