The current market prices of pigs and protein sources have forced the pork industry to explore\u00a0ways to reduce feed costs while maintaining swine performance. Inclusion of opportunity\u00a0ingredients that are normally not considered for diet formulation may be one such method.\u00a0Some opportunity ingredients and their proper inclusion into swine diets will be discussed in the following paper.<\/p>\n
Meat and bone meal: This ingredient is fairly low cost making it a suitable replacement for soybean meal. However the use of animal byproducts is controversial and depending on its source meat and bone meal can have a wide variety of nutrient levels. To avoid reductions in growth and performance this can only be included for around 5-7.5% in the diet.<\/p>\n
Field peas: The DE content of field peas is difficult to predict making it hard to incorporate into diets however they are high in protein and energy content, this combined with high palatability makes them worthwhile for inclusion in swine diets.<\/p>\n
Lentils:\u00a0The optimum inclusion rate of lentils has not been determined thoroughly; however,\u00a0one trial indicated that diets containing 40% ground lentils supported similar growth to a\u00a0soybean meal-based diet and some western Canadian research indicated that 30% lentils could\u00a0be included in diets fed to grower-finisher pigs without hampering pig performance.\u00a0The protein content of lentils is on average slightly higher than in field peas. Similar to other\u00a0legume seeds, lentils have a low sulphur amino acid content, and care must be taken during\u00a0diet formulation to ensure that enough methionine in the right ratio to cystine is provided in the\u00a0diet.<\/p>\n
Corn DDGS:\u00a0Corn DOGS has a similar DE content than the originating corn. Corn DOGS is especially high in\u00a0oil content, and the main reason for upper inclusion levels for corn DOGS in diets for grower finisher\u00a0pigs to prevent reductions in carcass quality and growth performance. Pellet quality\u00a0may also be reduced following inclusion of corn DOGS, especially in corn diets. Samples from\u00a0corn DOGS should be analyzed carefully for colour. A yellow colour is indicative of proper\u00a0drying whereas a dark brown colour is indicative of excessive heat during drying and therefore\u00a0reduced availability of enclosed nutrients for swine.<\/p>\n
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