A performance trialwas carried out to evaluate the nutritional and economical analyses of feedingincreasing dietary levels of pearl millet for growing and finishing pigs. Fortycrossbreed pigs averaging initial body weight of 25.1 ± 2.1 kg were assignedto four treatments as a randomized blocks design with five replicates and twopigs (one barrow and one gilt) per experimental unit. The treatments containedthe followign levels of pearl millet: 0, 25, 50 and 75%. No effects on dailyfeed intake (DFI), daily weight gain (DWG), and feed:gain ratio (FGR) in thegrowing phase was detected. However, in the finishing phase, quadratic effecton DWG and DFI was observed, showing that the inclusion of 26.44% of pearl milletincreased DWG. The inclusion of pearl millet up to 75% in the diets of growingand finishing pigs meet animal requirements and it is economically viable formarket value of 70% corn price.
