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impact <strong>the</strong> AA pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> metabolizable protein (MP) if o<strong>the</strong>r feedstuffs that are high in<br />

RUP-Lys are not included in <strong>the</strong> diet. These effects are fur<strong>the</strong>r confounded by <strong>the</strong> fact<br />

that RUP digestibility <strong>of</strong> DDGS is lower than corn meal, and RUP-Lys digestibility for<br />

DDGS is lower than <strong>the</strong> digestibility <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r AA (Boucher et al., <strong>2009</strong>a). Therefore,<br />

<strong>the</strong> inferior AA pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> MP that results when feeding DDGS can be fur<strong>the</strong>r<br />

exacerbated by <strong>the</strong> decrease in digestibility <strong>of</strong> RUP and RUP-Lys. Decreases in milk<br />

protein concentrations have been reported when DDGS replaced corn meal and SBM in<br />

<strong>the</strong> diet <strong>of</strong> lactating cows (Kleinschmit et al., 2006) and when DDGS replaced wet<br />

distillers’ grains with solubles (Anderson et al., 2006). Therefore, assessing Lys due to<br />

<strong>the</strong> drying process <strong>of</strong> distillers grains is critical to <strong>the</strong> successful feeding <strong>of</strong> DDGS to<br />

lactating dairy cows.<br />

Monitoring Lys damage during <strong>the</strong> drying <strong>of</strong> blood meal (BM) is also critical. Blood<br />

meal obviously needs to go through a drying process before it is fed to cattle. The Lys<br />

concentration <strong>of</strong> BM is about 9% <strong>of</strong> CP (NRC, 2001), which makes BM a desirable<br />

ingredient to feed to increase Lys concentrations in MP (MP-Lys). However, if <strong>the</strong> Lys is<br />

damaged in <strong>the</strong> processing <strong>of</strong> BM, MP-Lys supply will be overestimated by current<br />

ruminant nutrition models. Therefore, understanding how heat processing conditions<br />

can impact <strong>the</strong> quality <strong>of</strong> protein feeds is critical, and developing methods to rapidly and<br />

accurately estimate <strong>the</strong> damage to Lys and protein that results from heat processing will<br />

be beneficial. More information regarding digestibility <strong>of</strong> RUP and RUP-AA, particularly<br />

RUP-Lys, is needed.<br />

Terminology<br />

NUTRITIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF HEAT PROCESSING<br />

In order to discuss <strong>the</strong> nutritional consequences <strong>of</strong> heat processing feedstuffs, <strong>the</strong><br />

following terms are defined:<br />

Bioavailability – proportion <strong>of</strong> ingested dietary AA that is absorbed in a chemical<br />

form that renders <strong>the</strong>se AA potentially suitable for metabolism or protein<br />

syn<strong>the</strong>sis.<br />

Digestibility – reflects enzymatic hydrolysis and microbial fermentation <strong>of</strong><br />

ingested proteins and peptides and absorption <strong>of</strong> AA and peptides from <strong>the</strong><br />

gastrointestinal lumen.<br />

Blocked lysine – lysine molecules in which <strong>the</strong> epsilon-amino group is bound to<br />

ano<strong>the</strong>r compound.<br />

Reactive lysine – lysine molecules in which <strong>the</strong> epsilon-amino group is not<br />

bound to ano<strong>the</strong>r compound.<br />

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