TABLE 14.

Effect of faba bean (FB; g/kg) seed on the performance of pigs summarized from several references

Authors	Lambs	Feedstuff	FB level	ADFI (kg/day)	ADG (kg/day)	FCR (kg ADFI/kg ADG)	Carcass yield (% BW)
O’Doherty and McKeon (2001)	Female pigs	Raw FB TMR	0	2.25	0.89	2.50	72.63
			125	2.21	0.87	2.53	73.59
			250	2.16	0.85	2.53	73.71
			375	2.21	0.85	2.59	74.42
		Extruded FB TMR	250	2.13	0.84	2.49	74.89
			375	2.10	0.82	2.55	75.67
Gunawardena et al. (2010)	Pigs	Raw FB TMR	0	0.663	0.49	1.36	‐
			160	0.649	0.48	1.34	‐
		Dehulled FB TMR	160	0.653	0.48	1.35	‐
Smith et al. (2013)	Growing pigs	Raw FB TMR	0	1.86	0.82	2.27	‐
			75	1.98	0.85	2.33	‐
			150	2.00	0.86	2.33	‐
			225	2.07	0.90	2.27	‐
			300	2.01	0.91	2.22	‐
	Finisher pigs		0	2.70	1.08	2.50	‐
			75	2.53	1.02	2.56	‐
			150	2.68	1.01	2.70	‐
			225	2.59	0.98	2.56	‐
			300	2.63	1.03	2.56	‐
Schwediauer et al. (2018)	Weaner piglets	Raw FB TMR	0	0.74	0.39	1.99	‐
			160	0.73	0.40	1.93	‐
		Germinated FB TMR	160	0.75	0.38	2.10	‐
			240	0.73	0.34	2.13	‐
Grabež et al. (2020)	Pigs	Raw FB TMR	0	2.24	1.09	2.06	64.62
			161	2.27	1.08	2.12	64.79

Abbreviations: ADFI, average daily feed intake; ADG, average daily gain; BW, body weight; FCR, feed conversion ratio; TMR, total mixed ration.