GROWTH DEPRESSING FACTORS IN RAPESEED OILMEAL.: IV. COMPARATIVE FEEDING VALUES OF ARGENTINE AND POLISH TYPES AND THE EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTARY AUREOMYCIN, FISHMEAL, LYSINE, IODIDE AND THYROID-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES
Two experiments were carried out to compare the feeding values of oilmeals derived from Argentine and Polish types of rape. In the first, four rapeseed oilmeal samples were used: (1) new oilmeal representing a commercial mixture of approximately equal parts of both types; (2) old oilmeal, predominantly of Argentine type and which had been stored five years at room temperature in a porous container; (3) Argentine type, and (4) Polish type. According to a factorial design, each oilmeal was tested as either the entire protein supplement, in a 25 per cent protein ration, or as half the supplement along with either linseed oilmeal or skimmilk powder. As cross treatments with each of these 12 rations the following were tested: (1) nil; (2) 0.01 per cent iodinated casein; (3) 20 p.p.m. aureomycin, and (4) iodinated casein plus aureomycin.In the second experiment, three ’goitrogenic’ basal diets were used: (1) soybean oilmeal and linseed oilmeal with 0.15 per cent dl-5-vinyl-2-thiooxazolidone; (2) Argentine rapeseed oilmeal, and (3) Polish rapeseed oilmeal. Three subtreatments were superimposed on each of these: (1) nil; (2) 5 per cent fishmeal, and (3) 0.5 per cent dl-lysine. Cross-treatments of (1) nil, (2)0.02 per cent iodinated casein, (3) 0.0002 percent sodium 1-thyroxine, and (4) 0.014 per cent iodine as KI-calcium stearate were also investigated.The tests involved 252 male mice with records on their gains and individual feed intakes.No marked differences were found between kinds of rapeseed oilmeal. The Argentine and Polish types had 0.4 and 0.3 per cent allyl isothiocyanate equivalent, respectively. Neither linseed oilmeal, skimmilk powder, fishmeal nor lysine proved beneficial at the levels of rapeseed oilmeal tested, but the latter two modified the response to thyroid supplements.Iodinated casein, thyroxine and iodide were likewise ineffective against the growth-depressing factor in rapeseed oilmeal. These findings are discussed in relation to apparently opposing results from other investigators.