10/31/2016 Weedconsideredforuseinpigdiet

Weedconsideredforuseinpigdiet

Nutritionalvalueofcamellinaexpellersexamined
AweedinNorthAmerica,Camelinasativa,increasinglyvaluedasanoilseedcrop,isnowbeingconsideredforuse
inweanlingpigdiets.
Oilextractedfromthecamelinaseedsisusedinfuelproduction.Thedefattedmealthatisproducedduringthis
extractionprocessisrichinproteinandmaybefedtolivestock.Little,however,isknownaboutthenutritionalvalue
ofcamelinamealwhenfedtopigs,accordingtoHansStein,professorofanimalsciencesattheUniversityofIllinois.
AccordingtoStein,camelinaseedsandexpellershavebeenevaluatedforuseinpoultryanddairycattlediets,but
asfarasisknownthenutritionalvaluesoftheseingredientshavenotbeenstudiedinpigs.Sincethislackof
knowledgelimitstheuseofcamelinaproductsinpigdiets,adecisionwasmadetoexaminethedigestibilityofamino
acidsintheseingredients.
Steinandhisteamfedgrowingpigsdietscontainingoneoffivedifferentcamelinaproducts.Camelinaseedsfrom
twodifferentsourcesandcamelinaexpellersfromthreedifferentsourcesweretested.Thecamelinaproductswere
comparedwitheachotherandwithcanolameal.
Thedigestibilityofcrudeproteinandmostaminoacidsinthetwosourcesofcamelinaexpellersdidnotdifferfrom
thatofcanolamealwhereasthethirdsourcehadlowerdigestibilityvalues.Digestibilityvaluesinbothsourcesof
camelinaseedswerelessthanincanolameal.
AccordingtoStein,thevariationindigestibilityamongthesourcesofcamelinaexpellersmightbeduetogenetic
differencesbetweentheseedsordifferencesintheoilextractionprocedures.Heexplainedthatthefactthatamino
aciddigestibilityintwoofthesourcesofcamelinaexpellerswascomparabletothatofcanolameal,indicatesthat
camelinaexpellersmaybeincludedindietsfedtopigs.
Thecamelinaexpellersstudiedwerecoldpressedandcontainedgreaterlevelsoftrypsininhibitorsthancanola
meal.Aminoaciddigestibilityincamelinaproductsmightalsobeimprovedbyheattreatment,aslongasheat
damageisavoided.
Thesefindingswillhelpproducersandfeedcompaniesevaluatecamelinaexpellersforpossibleinclusioninpig
diets.Steinsaidthatthenextstepwouldbetodeterminethedigestibleandmetabolizableenergycontentof
camelinaexpellersandtoconductgrowthperformancestudies.
Aminoaciddigestibilityincamelinaproductsfedtogrowingpigs.FNAlmeida,JKHtoo,JThomson,HH
Stein.CanadianJournalofAnimalScience(2013)93(3):335343,doi:10.4141/cjas2012134

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