Four ruminally cannulated and two intact multiparous Holstein cows were used in a 3 × 3 replicated Latin square design to evaluate digestibility and rumen traits in lactating dairy cows in response to feeding wet corn gluten feed and a novel product containing raw soybean hulls and corn steep liquor. Three dietary treatments were fed in the experiment. The control contained (DM basis) 30% alfal...

Canola co-products are sources of amino acid and energy in pig feeds, but their fermentation characteristics in the pig intestine are unknown. Thus, we determined the in vitro fermentation characteristics of the canola co-products Brassica juncea solvent-extracted canola meal (JSECM), Brassica napus solvent-extracted canola meal (NSECM), B. napus expeller-pressed canola meal (NEPCM) and B. napu...

We evaluated the effect of wet corn gluten feed and a novel product containing raw soybean hulls and corn steep liquor on performance in lactating dairy cows. Forty-six multiparous Holstein cows were used in a randomized incomplete block design. Cows were housed in tie stalls for the first 13 weeks of lactation and moved to group pens for the remainder of the study. Cows were blocked by calving...

The aim of present experiment was to investigate the feeding value of wild pistachio leaf (khinjuk leaf, KL) for Arabi sheep. The digestibility and fermentation of diets containing different amounts of khinjuk (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30%) were measured. Then, the effect of presence of KL in the diet and its tannin content on the digestibility of alfalfa hay (Alfa), wheat straw (WS) and soybea...

Twenty-four cecectomized and 24 intact White Pekin ducks were used in two experiments to assess the influence of cecectomy on ME and amino acid digestibility of several feed ingredients for ducks. Corn and soybean meal (SBM) were evaluated in Experiment 1, and bakery meal (BM), red dog (RD), and wheat middlings (WM) were evaluated in Experiment 2. Nitrogen-corrected true metabolizable energy an...

The objective of this study was to determine whether differential labeling of 13C occurs in pigs fed diets with different 13C abundances and, if so, to use 13C as a label to determine true amino acid digestibility. Forty-eight pigs averaging 10.5 kg BW were fed dietary treatments consisting of a corn-corn gluten meal-crystalline amino acid diet (C-CGM) and a wheat-soybean meal diet (W-SBM). The...

A study was undertaken on lucerne (LUC), ryegrass (RG), kikuyu (KIK), soybean meal (SBM), wheat grain (WG) and meat and bone meal (MBM) to determine the effect of animal species (sheep versus cattle) on in sacco degradation of dry matter (DM) and protein. The approach of cubic smoothing splines ®tted as a linear mixed model was used for the analysis of degradability of DM and protein of feeds. ...

The tilapia industry has grown significantly. Much waste is generated by the industry due to the fact that only the myomere muscles are removed and sold for human consumption. This portion constitutes approximately 36% of the entire fish, leaving 64% of the fish as waste lost during the various processing operations. This waste from the tilapia processing plant has the potential of being an alt...

Plant products in general and soybeans in particular can challenge the function and health of the intestinal tract. Salmonids develop an intestinal inflammation when fed diets containing soybean meal (SBM) and certain other legume ingredients. In the present study a 44K oligonucleotide salmonid microarray, qPCR and histology were used to investigate early response mechanisms in the distal intes...

1. In vitro assays provide a sensitive and economic tool to evaluate dietary effects, but have limitations. In this study, the effect of phytase supplementation on solubility, and presumed availability, of calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) in soybean meal (SBM) and rapeseed meal (RSM) based diets was evaluated both in situ and by a 2-step in vitro digestion assay that simulated the gastric and sm...