Canola Meal in finishing pig diet

maintain the similar ilium digestibility (SID) of amino acid including lysine that

has resulted in no variation in digestibility of DM, GE, and CP of finishing pigs.

In the present study, lack of detrimental effects of CM on growth performance and

ATTD of nutrients might be due to the fact that diet was formulated on the bases of

SID amino acid systems that reduce the risks associated with increasing inclusions

of high fiber, high protein co-products in swine diets (Zijlstra and Payne, 2007).

The use of soybean is limited due to its high cost (Swick, 1999). Among vegetable

protein meals, canola meal stands second (Nowlin, 1991) but contains less gross

energy and protein (Bell, 1993). However, reduced total feed cost for animal

production without negatively effecting growth could be beneficial for the farmers.

In the present study replacement of the soybean meal with upto 12% CM has

reduced the TFC ($/pig) without effecting the performance and digestibility of

finishing pigs. This is in line with the earlier reports where low price of canola

meal and its better feed efficiency, with increasing levels in diets resulted in

decrease in the cost of production (Nascimento et al. , 1998; Naseem et al 2006) in

chicken. But as per our knowledge, economic aspect of using canola meal in pigs

has not been explored much. The present study shows the potential way to reduce

the production cost by substituting protein source in pig’s diet. Canola meal,

being easily available and cheap constituent for feed additive in comparison to

soybean meal, is a high energy protein feedstuff that provides additional flexibility

(Beltranena and Zijlstra, 2011) and can prove to be an effective replacement for

the feed industry in the near future.

CONCLUSION

In view of the SID and energy from finishing pigs, supplementation of canola

meal up to 12% does not affect the digestibility and growth performance and can

be included in finishing pig’s diet. Further, dietary inclusion of up to 12% canola

meal resulted into reduced feed cost.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This study was carried out with the support of CJ CHEILJEDANG. The authors

acknowledge the partial support and facilities provided by the Institute of Animal

Resources at Kangwon National University, Republic of Korea.

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