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Biofuel co-products as livestock feed - Opportunities and challenges

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Use of detoxified jatropha kernel meal <strong>and</strong> protein isolate in diets of farm animals 361JCM <strong>and</strong> protein isolate obtained using this process havebeen intensively investigated <strong>as</strong> soybean <strong>and</strong> fishmeal proteinreplacers in diets of a number of farm animal species,<strong>and</strong> these studies are discussed below.DETOXIFIED JATROPHA CURCAS KERNEL MEALAS A PROTEIN SOURCE IN AQUA FEEDAquaculture <strong>co</strong>ntinues to grow at a f<strong>as</strong>ter pace than thefarming of terrestrial animals. For fish <strong>and</strong> shrimp <strong>feed</strong>s, themost pressing need is to find alternative protein sources.Several studies performed on partial replacement of proteinsources, especially fishmeal, by detoxified J. curc<strong>as</strong> kernelmeal (DJKM), heated J. platyphylla kernel meal (H-JPKM)<strong>and</strong> detoxified jatropha protein isolate (DJPI) in fish <strong>and</strong>shrimp diets are presented.Use of detoxified jatropha kernel meal in<strong>co</strong>mmon carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) dietFeed intake, <strong>feed</strong> utilization <strong>and</strong> growthperformanceTwo experiments were performed by Kumar, Makkar <strong>and</strong>Becker (2011a) wherein 50 <strong>and</strong> 75 percent (Table 9), <strong>and</strong>50 <strong>and</strong> 62.5 percent (Table 11) of fishmeal protein w<strong>as</strong>replaced by DJKM, with synthetic lysine added in the DJKM<strong>co</strong>ntainingdiets. B<strong>as</strong>ed on visual observations during <strong>feed</strong>ingtime, acceptability <strong>and</strong> palatability of the DJKM-b<strong>as</strong>ed<strong>feed</strong>s w<strong>as</strong> similar to the <strong>co</strong>ntrol diet (Kumar, Makkar <strong>and</strong>Becker, 2011a). High inclusion (>50 percent replacement offishmeal protein) of the detoxified meal resulted in reducedprotein utilization, me<strong>as</strong>ured <strong>as</strong> protein efficiency ratio<strong>and</strong> protein productive value (Kumar, Makkar <strong>and</strong> Becker,2011a, 2010c). These results showed that ≤50 percentreplacement of fishmeal protein by DJKM in <strong>co</strong>mmon carpdiet met the dietary dem<strong>and</strong>s for protein <strong>and</strong> energy.The blends of DJKM with fishmeal, at different levels,were found to have excellent protein, lipid <strong>and</strong> energydigestibilities in <strong>co</strong>mmon carp (Kumar, Makkar <strong>and</strong> Becker,2011a). Protein <strong>and</strong> energy digestibilties were statisticallysimilar (P >0.05) for the <strong>co</strong>ntrol <strong>and</strong> the group in which50 percent fishmeal protein w<strong>as</strong> replaced by DJKM, <strong>and</strong>these values were higher (P

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