Effect of wheat bran and wheat : barley ratio in pelleted feed on Salmonella prevalence and productivity of finishers

The effect on the prevalence of Salmonella and productivity of diets with varying wheat: barley ratios and with added wheat bran for finishers (30-100 kg live weight) was studied in one herd. The diets were provided as expanded and pelleted feed and fed to six groups with 384 pigs/group divided into 24 replicates. The proportion of wheat: barley was: Group I: I 00:0, group 2: 75:25, group 3: 50:50, group 4: 25:75, group 5: 0:100. Group 6 contained 85% wheat and 15% wheat bran. The pigs were fed ad libitum as dry feed