Two experiments were carried out to evaluate metabolic balances and the digestibility of the high moisture corn in pigs. Twelve littermates barrows were used, weighting 47kg of initial BW, kept into metabolic cages. Experiment one compared the metabolic balances of animals fed with diets contend dry corn and high moisture. Experiment two evaluated the digestibility of high moisture corn. In experiment one, the design was completely randomized. Each experiment had two treatments, four repetitions of one animal. The substitution of the dry corn for high moisture corn did not influence the balances of either nitrogen or energy. The digestibility coefficients of the high moisture corn were: 85% to crude protein, 90% to crude energy and 90% to dry matter. The substitution of dry corn for high moisture corn in the swine diets does not affect the balances of both nitrogen and energy. The digestibility of the dry matter, crude energy and metabolizável energy of the high moisture corn were higher than the dry corn ones.
nutrition; nitrogen; phosphorus; energy
