An experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of the substitution until 30% of the diet corn for wheat middling with or without addition of enzymes on the digestive utilization of the energy and nitrogen and phosphorus balances. Twenty-four barrows were used, half brothers, with 51.62 kg initial BW, housed in metabolic cages maintained in semi-acclimatized atmosphere. A 3 x 2 factorial design was used (3 wheat middling levels - 0, 15 and 30%, with or without addition of enzymes), with four replications each, being the animal the experimental unit. The increased levels of wheat middling until 30% and the addition of enzymes did not influence (P > 0.05) the digestibility of the dry matter, crude energy, digestible energy and metabolized energy and energy metabolizibility, N retention, fecal and urinary N losses. However, the addition of 30% of wheat middling reduced (P < 0.05) the fecal excretion of P and increased (P < 0.05) the P absorption. The regression analysis showed that for each wheat middling gram added to the diet, fecal P reduces in 0.05g and absorption increases 0.11g. The substitution until 30% of the diet corn for wheat middling did not affect the energy and N balances, but it improved P balance. The addition of exogenous enzymes did not affect the digestive and metabolic parameters.
pigs; digestibility; wheat middling; enzymes; nitrogen; phosphorus
