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Biofuel co-products as livestock feed - Opportunities and challenges

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124<strong>Biofuel</strong> <strong>co</strong>-<strong>products</strong> <strong>as</strong> <strong>livestock</strong> <strong>feed</strong> – <strong>Opportunities</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>challenges</strong>TABLE 7In situ ruminal protein kinetic parameters <strong>and</strong> effective degradability of different cereal grainsMaize Sorghum Wheat Barley Triticale Ryea (1) 11.0 5.0 27.0 29.0 34.0 27.0b (2) 82.0 73.0 67.0 65.0 56.0 69.0c (3) 4.0 5.5 16.0 11.0 23.0 16.0ED (4) 43.0 39.0 76.0 71.0 79.0 77.0Notes <strong>and</strong> sources: Adapted from INRA, 2004. The kinetics parameters were estimated ac<strong>co</strong>rding to the equation P = a + b (1 - e –ct ) from Ørskov <strong>and</strong>McDonald, 1979. (1) a = soluble fraction (%). (2) b = potentially degradable fraction (%). (3) c = rate of degradation (%/hour). (4) ED = EffectiveDegradability (%). The ED at <strong>as</strong>sumed rates of p<strong>as</strong>sage k = 0.06/h w<strong>as</strong> calculated ac<strong>co</strong>rding to the equation ED = a + bc/(k + c) from Ørskov <strong>and</strong>McDonald, 1979.TABLE 8In situ ruminal protein kinetic parameters <strong>and</strong> effective degradability of distillers grain <strong>products</strong> derived from differentcereal grainsMaize DDGS Wheat DDGS Barley DDGS Triticale DDGS Rye DDGSa (6) 18.4 27.2 17.3 17.4 14.6b (7) 75.2 66.5 68.5 80.3 78.6c (8) 3.9 5.6 6.4 3.6 5.0ED 48.0 58.2 52.6 47.5 50.30Notes <strong>and</strong> sources: The kinetics parameters were estimated ac<strong>co</strong>rding to the equation P = a + b (1 - e –ct ) from Ørskov <strong>and</strong> McDonald, 1979. (1) Maizedistillers grain data adapted from Mjoun et al., 2010b. (2) Wheat distillers grain data adapted from Boila <strong>and</strong> Ingalls, 1994; Ojowi et al., 1997; Mustafa,McKinnon <strong>and</strong> Christensen, 2000; <strong>and</strong> Mustafa et al., 2000. (3) Barley distillers grain data adapted from Mustafa, McKinnon <strong>and</strong> Christensen, 2000; <strong>and</strong>Mustafa et al., 2000. (4) Triticale distillers grain data adapted from Mustafa et al., 2000. (5) Rye distillers grain data adapted from Mustafa et al., 2000.(6) a = soluble fraction (%). (7) b = potentially degradable fraction (%). (8) c = rate of degradation (%/hour). (9) ED = Effective Degradability (%). TheED at <strong>as</strong>sumed rates of p<strong>as</strong>sage k = 0.06/h w<strong>as</strong> calculated ac<strong>co</strong>rding to the equation ED = a + bc/(k + c) from Ørskov <strong>and</strong> McDonald, 1979.MWDGS can vary significantly from plant to plant <strong>and</strong>within plant; therefore, nutrient analysis is highly re<strong>co</strong>mmendedprior to use in specific diets.Condensed distillers solublesCondensed distillers solubles (CDS) is also sometimesreferred to <strong>as</strong> “syrup”. It h<strong>as</strong> a similar DM <strong>co</strong>ntent to thatof WDG (27–35 percent). Compared with other distillers<strong>products</strong>, CDS is higher in fat (<strong>and</strong> <strong>co</strong>nsequently energy),lower in fermentable carbohydrates (such <strong>as</strong> fibre), butmuch higher in minerals (Table 4). Minerals such <strong>as</strong> phosphorus,pot<strong>as</strong>sium <strong>and</strong> sulphur are proportionally greater inCDS <strong>co</strong>mpared with the solids portion of the grain. Thus,<strong>as</strong> more CDS is added back to the grain, fat <strong>and</strong> mineralsincre<strong>as</strong>e, but CP decre<strong>as</strong>es in the final <strong>co</strong>-product. Thissyrup can be sold separately, but often most ethanol plantsadd it back to the distillers grain during WDG <strong>and</strong>/or DDGSprocessing. CDS can also be dried to create dried distillerssolubles.Reduced-fat distillers grain with solublesThere h<strong>as</strong> been interest in removing fat from DDGS for usein biodiesel production or <strong>as</strong> a <strong>feed</strong>-grade fat source. Onesuch strategy is solvent extraction of DDGS. The resulting<strong>co</strong>-product, reduced-fat DDGS, h<strong>as</strong> a much lower crude fat<strong>co</strong>ncentration (Table 9), but slightly greater <strong>co</strong>ncentrationsof the remaining nutrients <strong>co</strong>mpared with <strong>co</strong>nventionalDDGS. Mjoun et al. (2010b) reported that RUP w<strong>as</strong> higherin reduced-fat distillers grain with solubles <strong>co</strong>mpared withtraditional DDGS (60.4 vs 52.3 percent).Recently, ethanol plants have been installing centrifugesto remove fat from wet DGS. This process removed approximately2 to 3 percentage units of fat from the final distillersgrain product. This type of distillers grain h<strong>as</strong> not yet beenevaluated in dairy <strong>co</strong>w <strong>feed</strong>ing studies, but it may allow <strong>as</strong>lightly greater dietary inclusion <strong>co</strong>mpared with traditionalDDGS.High-protein distillers grainUntil recently, most <strong>co</strong>-<strong>products</strong> resulted from either traditionalmaize dry-grind ethanol plants or from the maizewet-milling industry. As new processes have been developed,new <strong>co</strong>-<strong>products</strong> from these ethanol plants haveresulted. In one such example, maize is milled into severalfractions prior to fermentation such that the resulting<strong>products</strong> can be directed into different processing streams(Gibson <strong>and</strong> Karges, 2006). This fractionation results in newend <strong>products</strong>, such <strong>as</strong> high-protein DDG, dehydrated maizegerm <strong>and</strong> maize bran. Furthermore, syrup can be addedto the bran, resulting in a product being marketed <strong>as</strong> brancake (Gibson <strong>and</strong> Karges, 2006). Examples of these <strong>feed</strong>sare shown in Table 9. These <strong>products</strong> are proprietary <strong>and</strong>therefore specific to individual <strong>co</strong>mpanies. As a result, thenutrient <strong>co</strong>mposition of these streams may vary <strong>co</strong>nsiderably<strong>and</strong> will be quite different from that of traditionalDDGS.High-protein DDG (HPDDG) is an example of a prefermentationfractionated DDG product. As a result of thefractionation process, HPDDG is higher in CP <strong>and</strong> lower infibre <strong>co</strong>mpared with traditional DDGS (Table 9). The germ

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