5. Feedstuffs Flashcards
Major cost in food animal production
poultry production most important single variable cost
pig production most important single variable cost
winter milk production (50% of the diet)
winter finishing of beef cattle (up to90% of the diet)
Grass based: creamery milk - 33% of variable costs
Grass based: suckler beef production - 25% of variable costs
Concentrate feeds: straights
concentrate feed ingredients used as a sole identifiable dietary component e.g. barley, beet pulp, oats
Concentrate feeds: blends
a mix of straights no mineral added minimal processing
Concentrate feeds: coarse mixes/muesli/crunches/sweet feed
mixes of concentrate feed ingredients, where ingredients mixed with minimal processing, individual ingredients often identifiable, contains mineral and vitamin supplements formulated for specific species, physiological state and rate of feeding
Concentrate feeds: compounds
mixes of concentrate feed ingredients blended together following mechanical and thermal processing contain mineral and vitamin supplements, flavours and other additives formulated for specific species, physiological state and rate of feeding sold as:
pellets, nuts cubes, pencils, meals, crumbs.
Difference between compounds, blends, coarse mixes etc depends on
quality of ingredients contained within them
what is quality?
-digestibility of energy/available calories
-supply of digestible protein
-type of energy/differences between species
-quality of protein/lysine content important
-palatability
-potential for toxins/plant or fungal metabolites that cause morbidity or mortality/antinutritional factors
Feed ingredient classes: Cereal Grains
Barley
Wheat
Maize
Oats
Sorghum
Feed ingredient classes: Cereal by-products
Maize gluten feed
Maize gluten meal
Maize distillers grains
Pollard wheat bran
Brewers grains
Oilseed by-products
Soyabean meal
Soya hulls
Rapeseed meal
Sunflower seed meal
Palm kernel meal
Cotton seed meal
Sugar by-products
Molassed sugar beet pulp
Unmolassed sugar beet pulp
Cane molasses
Fruit by-products
Citrus pulp
Barely, energy supplement, cereal grain
-one of most popular cereals in animal nutrition
-higher fibre lower starch than wheat
-low pre-caecal starch digestibility in the horse if uncooked
-contains beta glucans may cause sticky droppings poultry
-contains 570 to 585g of starch/kg DM
-careful introduction required for ruminants
-contains low Ca content and low lysine
Wheat, energy supplement, cereal grain
-676g of starch/kg of DM
-high energy/high starch
-high risk of rumen acidosis
-mixture of proteins called gluten
-contains low Ca content and low lysine
Maize, energy supplement, cereal grain
-high starch low protein cereal grain
-very high energy as highly digestible and high oil
-should be heated treated for optimal digestion in many species
-available as ground or flaked maize
-722g of starch/kg of DM
-low pre-caecal starch digestibility in horse
contains low Ca content and low lysine
Oats
-high fibre cereal
-husk weighs 25% of entire cereal
-high in oil which is unsaturated
-commonly used as straight feed for breeding horses
-cause excitable behaviour in horses
-also used as straight feed for ruminants sheep