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Biofuel co-products as livestock feed - Opportunities and challenges

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Camelina sativa in poultry diets: opportunities <strong>and</strong> <strong>challenges</strong>y 305TABLE 1The nutrient profile of camelina mealParameterValueGross energy4755 kcal/kgCrude protein 36.2 %Crude fibre 8.4 %Ash 6.5 %Neutral-detergent fibre 41.8 %-To<strong>co</strong>pherol5.2 µg/gγ- To<strong>co</strong>pherol 201.7 µg/gPhenolics4006 µg/gFlavonoids21.2 mg/gGlu<strong>co</strong>sinolates21.4 µmol/gMineralsppmP 10 214K 13 204Ca 2 703Mg 4 696S 9 122Na 15.4Fe 151Mn 25.1Zn 61.1Cu 9.18Al 5.37Amino Acid %Aspartic acid 2.84Threonine 1.34Serine 1.36Glutamic acid 5.50Glycine 1.82Alanine 1.60Valine 1.89Isolecucine 1.38Leucine 2.32Tyrosine 0.82Phenylalanine 1.47Lysine 1.77Histidine 0.84Arginine 2.16Tryptophan 0.43Methionine 0.92Cystine 0.95Fatty Acid %Palmitic (16:0) 8.29Palmitoleic (16:1) 0.25Stearic (18:0) 2.38Oleic acid (18:1) 20.33Linoleic (18:2n-6) 23.87-Linolenic (18:3n-3) 29.48Ei<strong>co</strong>senoic (20:1) 10.67Ei<strong>co</strong>sadienoic (20:2n-6) 1.52Ei<strong>co</strong>satrienoic (20:3n-6) 1.05Erucic (22:1) 1.75Notes: Values are indicative, subject to variation due to differences inbatch, cultivar, soil type or processing method used. Amino acid valuesare expressed <strong>as</strong> g per 100 g sample (<strong>as</strong>-is b<strong>as</strong>is). Fatty acid values arereported <strong>as</strong> percent of fatty acid methyl esters.Sources: Adapted from Aziza, Quezada <strong>and</strong> Cherian, 2010a, b; Cherian,Campbell <strong>and</strong> Parker, 2009.<strong>co</strong>uld be due to the availability of nutrients in the meal.Camelina belongs to the Br<strong>as</strong>sica family, which is highin non-starch polysaccharides <strong>and</strong> glu<strong>co</strong>sinolates thatcan affect <strong>feed</strong> <strong>co</strong>nsumption <strong>and</strong> growth performanceof broiler chickens (Budin, Breene <strong>and</strong> Putnam, 1995). Inaddition, phenolic <strong>co</strong>mpounds such <strong>as</strong> phenolic acids <strong>and</strong>tannins that are present in the Br<strong>as</strong>sica family, soil type,bird age <strong>and</strong> meal preparation methods can affect digestibility,leading to discrepancies in reported results. Pekel etal. (2009) reported that addition of <strong>co</strong>pper (150 mg/kg)enhanced <strong>feed</strong> <strong>co</strong>nsumption <strong>and</strong> body weight of birds fedcamelina meal. The beneficial effect of Cu may be due toits ability to alleviate the negative effects of glu<strong>co</strong>sinolatespresent in the meal. Although glu<strong>co</strong>sinolates themselvesshow no toxic effects on animals, the breakdown <strong>products</strong>of glu<strong>co</strong>sinolates can form toxins by the endogenous plantenzyme myrosin<strong>as</strong>e or can influence gut microflora, affectinggrowth <strong>and</strong> <strong>feed</strong> efficiency (Schuster <strong>and</strong> Friedt, 1998).These factors should be taken into <strong>co</strong>nsideration whenevaluating results from <strong>feed</strong>ing camelina meal to broilerbirds.Effect on production performance of <strong>feed</strong>ingCamelina sativa meal to egg laying hensOil seeds <strong>and</strong> oilseed meals are in<strong>co</strong>rporated into laying henrations <strong>as</strong> a source of energy, crude protein <strong>and</strong> essentialomega-3 fatty acids. In this respect, much work on <strong>feed</strong>ingflax seed to laying birds for omega-3 egg productionh<strong>as</strong> been well documented (Cherian, 2008). Typically, oilseeds or their meals are restricted to less than 10 percentof the rations (Bean <strong>and</strong> Leeson, 2003). Lipid quantity <strong>and</strong>type of fatty acids in oil seeds in the laying hen diet cansignificantly affect the <strong>co</strong>ntent of fatty acids, fat solublevitamins <strong>and</strong> pigments in the egg yolk. The alteration ofegg lipid nutrient profile is due to the fact that chickensare monog<strong>as</strong>tric (single stomach) animals <strong>and</strong> that there isa high turnover of lipids in laying hens, causing egg lipid tomirror dietary fats. This h<strong>as</strong> led to the successful production<strong>and</strong> marketing of omega-3 fatty acid- <strong>and</strong> vitamin-modifiedspecialty eggs worldwide (Cherian, 2009). Considering thehigh <strong>co</strong>ntent of -linolenic acid in camelina meal, studieswere <strong>co</strong>nducted to test the efficacy of the meal in enrichingeggs with omega-3 fatty acids. Feeding trials <strong>co</strong>nducted inour laboratory showed that inclusion of camelina meal atover 10 percent of the ration can affect egg production,<strong>feed</strong> <strong>co</strong>nsumption <strong>and</strong> egg yolk weight. When the mealw<strong>as</strong> included at 5, 10 <strong>and</strong> 15 percent of the ration, it w<strong>as</strong>observed that hen-day egg production ([total number ofeggs produced/total number of hens × number of days ontest diet] × 100), w<strong>as</strong> lowest for the 15 percent inclusionlevel (Cherian, Campbell <strong>and</strong> Parker, 2009) (Table 2). Yolkweight <strong>as</strong> a percentage of egg weight w<strong>as</strong> lower for the10 <strong>and</strong> 15 percent inclusion levels. However, decre<strong>as</strong>e in

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