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Alternative Feed Ingredients

Using pulses as alternative ingredients in poultry feed

Fluctuations in the price and availability of imported ingredients for feed have a marked effect on the overall cost of egg production. Poultry nutritionists continue to look at alternative ingredients for both economic and environmental reasons. Pulses, the seeds produced by leguminous plants, are one of these ingredients.

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Alternative Feed Ingredients

Using pulses as alternative ingredients in poultry feed

Fluctuations in the price and availability of imported ingredients for feed have a marked effect on the overall cost of egg production. Poultry nutritionists continue to look at alternative ingredients for both economic and environmental reasons. Pulses, the seeds produced by leguminous plants, are one of these ingredients.

Alternative Feed Ingredients

Improved animal performance starts with proper preservation of feed byproducts

Historically, the use of chemicals (acids and their salts) in feed conservation is a tried-and-true method used to protect stored feed and byproducts from bacterial, mold and yeast contamination. This article provides research to support how the use of propionic acid and sodium benzoate preservative products can reduce the risk of feed contamination and improve profits.

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Using maize gluten as an alternative protein source for poultry, pig feeds

The maize starch industry is a large global business that processes huge amounts of maize each year. Maize gluten protein can replace part of soybean meal in diets, but like all ingredients, it has its positive and negative aspects that require attention during feed formulation.

Alternative Feed Ingredients

Increasing protein in grain-based fish meal

Grain-based aquaculture diets, while good, have some clear disadvantages. However, some researchers think that separating compounds may be a way to get around those disadvantages.

Alternative Feed Ingredients

Finding the best fish meal alternatives

Booming demand for seafood products coupled with concerns over dwindling marine fish populations has made finding fish meal alternatives a high priority for the aquaculture feeds industry. Over the years, poultry nutritionists have been able to develop more than 80 alternative ingredients to fish meal that can be used in poultry diets on a least-cost basis.

Alternative Feed Ingredients

How much DDGS for poultry?

Even with constraints, distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) is an acceptable feed ingredient that can be used to feed poultry.

Alternative Feed Ingredients

Monogastric basics

Practical formulation strategies to reduce feed costs

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