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Alternate Feed Ingredients
What are the inclusion levels of adding alternate feed ingredients to replace soya and corn in poultry diets?
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Alternative Energy Source (Replacing Corn):
Sorghum – 40 – 50%, Cassava (dried, peeled and processed) – 30 – 40%, Wheat – 30 – 40%, Barley – 15 – 25%, Rice Bran 20 – 25%, Palm Kernel Meal (PKM) – 10 – 20%, Sweet Potato Meal – 20 – 30%, Millet – 25 – 30%.
Alternative Protein Sources (Replacing Soybean Meal):
Groundnut Cake (GNC) – 20 – 25%, Sunflower Meal – 15 – 20%, Cottonseed Meal – 10 – 15%, Fish Meal – 5 – 10%, Palm Kernel Cake (PKE) – 10 – 15%, Duckweed Meal – 5 – 10%, Moringa leaf Meal – 5 – 10%, Leucaena Leaf – 5%, Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) – 15 – 20%, Insect Meal (Black Soldier fly, Maggot Meal, e.t.c.) – 10 -15%
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Great information.
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There are many alternatives to corn and soy products in poultry diets including wheat, barley, sorghum, triticale, and other cereals, canola meal, corn gluten feed, corn gluten meal, corn germ meal, peas, peanut meal, wheat germ meal, flaxseed meal, dried distillers grains with solubles from corn sorghum and other sources, cottonseed meal, rapeseed meal, safflower meal, camelina meal, copra meal, sunflower meal, meat and bone meal, fish meal, blood meal, plasma protein, feather meal, poultry byproduct meal, dried brewer’s yeast, dried torula yeast, and many more ingredients. Their use depends on inventory, availability, cost, nutritional profile, and availability of enzymes to supplement their use in some cases. Most alternative ingredients have antinutritional factors that often limit their inclusion level is poultry diets. A good nutritionist will be familiar with maximum recommended levels for each alternative ingredient according to the type of birds (e.g., chicken, turkey, duck, quail, etc.), age of birds, and production system (i.e., meat-type, laying, breeders, etc.)
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