COMPARISON OF TOWER RAPESEED MEAL AND SOYBEAN MEAL IN DIETS BASED ON CONVENTIONAL AND HIGH-PROTEIN WHEAT WITH AND WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTAL LYSINE FOR BROILER CHICKS

1982 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 311-314
Author(s):  
E. E. GARDINER ◽  
S. DUBETZ

Body weights and feed-to-gain ratios of chicks fed diets that contained Tower rapeseed meal or soybean meal with conventional (13.5%) or high-protein (21.0%) wheats with and without supplemental lysine were compared. High-protein wheat-rapeseed meal diets required lysine supplementation for optimal gain, whereas conventional protein wheat-rapeseed meal diets did not. However, with equal energy in the diets, the rapeseed meal diets did not support as low a feed-to-gain ratio as the soybean meal diets. Key words: broiler chicks, diets, rapeseed meal, soybean meal, wheat, lysine

1985 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. SUMMERS ◽  
S. LEESON

Two experiments were conducted to study the available sodium and potassium in canola- and soybean-meal-based diets containing no supplemental salt. A response in weight gain and feed: gain ratio was noted when potassium was added to soybean meal basal diets, but not when added to a 20% canola meal diet. This response depended upon the level of sodium supplementation. Supplementation of a soybean meal diet with up to 0.08% sodium resulted in improved performance of broiler chicks; however, only 0.06% sodium supplementation was required with a 20% canola meal diet to obtain a similar response. Calculations suggest that the availability of sodium in soybean meal is less than that found in Canola meal. Key words: canola meal, sodium and potassium


1973 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 365-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. LESLIE ◽  
J. F. HURNIK ◽  
J. D. SUMMERS

Six hundred and seventy-two 1-day-old male broiler chicks of two strains were used to assess the effects of diet and color of diet on feed consumption. Isocaloric isonitrogenous diets that contained soybean meal (control), rapeseed meal, or ground rapeseed were fed in either colored or noncolored form. During the starter period the birds were given a choice of two diets in various combinations whereas during the grower period no choice was available. In the starter period there were no significant effects of color or diet combinations on total feed consumption. Coloring one diet of a pair, however, tended to increase the difference in consumption between the two by reducing the intake of the colored diet. The one exception to this was the diet pair containing ground rapeseed, which was not affected when one diet was colored. The control diet was preferred, followed by the diets containing rapeseed meal and ground rapeseed, respectively, when a choice was available. When no choice of diet was available in the grower period the only significant effect of color was to increase consumption of the ground rapeseed-containing diet. Weight gain in both periods was highest on the control diet followed by the diets containing rapeseed meal and ground rapeseed, respectively.


1982 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. K. GOH ◽  
A. SHIRES ◽  
A. R. ROBBLEE ◽  
D. R. CLANDININ

Two experiments were conducted to study the effects of supplementing broiler rations with a multiple cellulolytic enzymes system (Driselase) on the performance of chicks raised to 4 wk of age (exp. 1) and to 8 wk of age (exp. 2). Four broiler rations unsupplemented or supplemented with 0.03% Driselase were used in the study. One of the rations was based on soybean meal and wheat while the other three contained 20% rapeseed meal (produced from Regent, Candle and Turret cultivars of rapeseed) as a partial replacement for soybean meal. The results obtained in both experiments indicated a lack of response in body weight and feed conversion of the chicks to Driselase supplementation. In both experiments, the chicks receiving the rations containing rapeseed meal showed varying degrees of thyroid enlargement depending on the cultivar of rapeseed from which the meal was produced, with Turret meal causing the greatest increase in thyroid size. Key words: Driselase, cellulolytic enzymes, broilers, performance, rapeseed meal


1977 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 663-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. McKINNON ◽  
J. P. BOWLAND

Eighty 3- to 4-wk-old crossbred pigs averaging 5.3 kg in weight at allotment were fed experimental diets during starting, growing and finishing phases to compare Tower rapeseed meal (00-RSM) and commercial rapeseed meal (C-RSM) as the sole or partial replacements for soybean meal (SBM). Barley and wheat were the main energy sources with varying amounts of animal tallow to provide isocaloric diets on a digestible energy basis. A 50/50 isonitrogenous combination of 00-RSM + SBM resulted in feed intake, daily gain and feed/gain ratio similar to results with pigs fed SBM as the sole protein supplement during the three phases. Complete substitution of SBM by 00-RSM resulted in reduction (P <.05) of feed intake during the starting phase as well as lower (P <.05) daily gain and inferior (P <.05) feed/gain ratio during the growing phase. Partial substitution of C-RSM for SBM resulted in reduction (P <.05) of feed intake during the starting and finishing phases. Complete replacement of SBM with C-RSM resulted in a depression (P <.05) of daily gain during all three phases of the experiment, inferior feed/gain ratio during the starting and growing phases compared with pigs fed the other four diets and lower (P <.05) feed intake during the starting and finishing phase compared with pigs fed the SBM diet. These findings were confirmed in a rat experiment. Carcass characteristics of pigs were not greatly affected by experimental treatments. A trend of lower digestibility of energy, nitrogen and amino acids was noted by complete replacement of SBM with either source of RSM in the pig and the rat experiments.


1979 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. GRANDHI ◽  
R. NARENDRAN ◽  
G. H. BOWMAN ◽  
S. J. SLINGER

An experiment was conducted during the spring and summer months with 96 Yorkshire barrows and gilts, to study the effects of feeding corn-soybean meal (SBM), corn-SBM-Tower rapeseed (RSM) and corn-SBM-Candle RSM diets, in the form of mash and steam-processed pellets on average daily gain (ADG), efficiency of feed conversion (feed to gain ratio) F/G), average daily feed intake and carcass backfat thickness of pigs reared from 23 kg to 91 kg liveweight. Tower RSM or Candle RSM at the 15% level in corn-SBM based diets did not result in any adverse effects on ADG, feed intake or backfat thickness, but did increase F/G (P < 0.05). There were no differences in F/G between pigs fed Tower RSM and Candle RSM diets. Steam pelleting enhanced ADG (P < 0.01) and F/G (P < 0.05) across all three diets, but did not affect feed intake or backfat thickness. Barrows had higher (P < 0.01) ADG and backfat thickness than gilts, but did not differ in feed intake or F/G.


1980 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 433-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. GARDINER ◽  
S. DUBETZ ◽  
G. A. KEMP

Fababeans (Vicia faba L.) were fed to broiler chicks from 1 to 28 days of age in four experiments. In experiment 1, where fababeans were the sole source of supplementary protein, body weights (ranging from 465 to 571 g) and feed-to-grain ratios differed significantly among cultivars (Maris Bead, Strubes, Pavane, Diana, Ackerperle, Fioletowy, and Kleinkoernige) but none of the fababean diets equalled the soybean meal diet. In experiment 2, supplementary protein source (soybean meal and fababean), dietary protein level (18 and 22%), methionine level (0.0 and 0.3, added), and lysine level (0.0 and 0.3, added) significantly affected body weights of chicks. Significant first-order interactions were obtained but in no case were the weights of chicks fed fababean diets equal to those fed soybean meal diets. In experiment 3, where fababeans were used to supply 25% of the 22% protein in the diets, there were no significant differences in chick weights among fababean cultivars or among the cultivars grown under different N treatments. Fababeans supported rapid weight gains (701 g) but did not equal soybean meal diets (761 g). In experiment 4, where isocaloric diets of two energy levels were used, fababeans at 20 or 40% of the diet supported as high body weights as soybean meal diets in the low energy diets. In the high energy diets, 20% fababeans also supported as high body weights as soybean meal but the 40% fababean diets did not. In none of the experiments where the diets contained fababeans was the feed-to-gain equal to that of the diets that contained only soybean meal as the protein supplement.


1983 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 671-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. K. GOH ◽  
A. R. ROBBLEE ◽  
D. R. CLANDININ

An experiment was conducted to study the effect that varying the amount of glucosinolates and free oxazolidinethione (OZT) in a laying diet containing a constant amount of sinapine had on the trimethylamine (TMA) content of eggs and the incidence of fishy eggs from brown-shelled egg layers. Duplicate groups of 10 Rhode Island Red laying hens which had been found to lay fishy eggs when fed a diet containing 10% rapeseed meal (RSM) were fed each of the four experimental diets. The diets consisted of a wheat-soybean-meal-type control diet and three diets to which aqueous extracts of RSM produced from high, medium and low glucosinolate cultivars (Oro, Span and Tower) were added. The extracts were included in the diet at levels of 3.42, 4.4 and 5.0%, respectively, to provide a sinapine content of 0.17%, a level equivalent to that which would result from the inclusion of 10% RSM in the diet. The results showed that the TMA content of eggs produced by the layers fed the diet containing Tower aqueous extract was significantly higher than that of eggs produced by birds fed the diets containing Oro or Span aqueous extracts (P < 0.05). Since the level of glucosinolates in the diets containing Oro and Span aqueous extracts were about seven times that in the diet containing the Tower aqueous extract, it may be concluded that intact glucosinolates do not affect the amount of TMA in eggs from brown-shelled egg layers fed a diet containing a constant amount of sinapine. On the other hand, free OZT in the diet increased the TMA content of the eggs and the incidence of fishy eggs produced by brown-shelled egg layers. Key words: Rapeseed meal, glucosinolate, oxazolidinethione, trimethylamine, fishy eggs, brown-shelled egg layers


1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 459-463
Author(s):  
G. M. J. Horton ◽  
H. Fisher

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the nutritive value of sausage casings prepared from cattle hides as a protein source for day-old hybrid (Hubbard × Hubbard) broiler chickens. The results demonstrate that sausage casings are an available protein source for broiler chicks that can be substituted for soybean meal at levels up to 8% of the feed without affecting average daily gain and feed efficiency. Key words: Sausage casings, cattle hides, broiler chickens, collagen, gelatin


1981 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. NARENDRAN ◽  
G. H. BOWMAN ◽  
S. LEESON ◽  
W. PFEIFFER

Ninety-six Yrokshire barrows and gilts were fed six, isonitrogenous, isoenergetic corn-soybean meal based diets containing 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25%, respectively, of Tower rapeseed meal (RSM) during the growing-finishing period. There were no differences (P < 0.05) in average daily gain, feed intake, feed to gain ratio, backfat thickness and dressing percentage due to treatment.


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