Effect of Solid State Fermentation on Nutrient Content and Ileal Amino Acids Digestibility of Canola Meal in Broiler Chickens

Figures & data

Table 1. Feed composition of experimental diets.

	Basal diet^°	Assay diets
		CM	FCM
Ingredients, %
Corn	54.97	-	-
Soybean meal (44%)	4.10	-	-
Palm oil	5.00	-	-
Corn gluten	1.00	-	-
Dicalcium phosphate	2.50	0.60	0.60
Calcium carbonate	0.50	0.60	0.60
Premix^#	1.00	1.00	1.00
Salt	0.30	0.30	0.30
L-lysine	0.30	-	-
Choline chloride	0.08	-	-
Sodium bicarbonate	0.05	-	-
DL-methionine	0.20	-	-
CM	30.00	97.00	97.00
Titanium dioxide	-	0.50	0.50
Calculated analysis
Metabolisable energy, MJ/kg	12.9	9.9	9.8
CP, %	20	39.9	40.9
L-lysine, %	1.0	1.6	1.6
DL-methionine, %	0.6	0.8	0.8
Methionine+cysteine, %	1.0	1.8	1.7
Threonine, %	0.8	1.7	1.7

CM, canola meal; FCM, fermented canola meal; CP, crude protein.

^°The basal diet was fed to all birds for 4 d before introduction of the assay diets.

^#Premix provided the following (per kilogram of diet): vitamin A, 2300 U; vitamin D₃, 400 U; vitamin E, 1.8 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 3.5 mg; riboflavin, 1.4 mg; panthotenic acid, 2 mg; nicotinic acid, 7 mg; pyridoxine, 0.25 mg; folic acid, 0.15 mg; menadione, 0.3 mg; thiamin, 0.15 mg; manganese oxide, 35 mg; ferrous sulfate, 35 mg; zinc oxide, 30 mg; copper sulfate, 60 mg; cobalt carbonate, 5 mg; potassium iodine, 0.6 mg; selenium vanadate, 0.09 mg.

Table 2. Composition of canola and fermented canola meals on a dry matter basis.

	CM	FCM	pooled SEM	P
Item
GE, MJ/kg	18.5	18.6	2.6	0.488
Ash, %	6.2	6.3	0.6	0.231
CP, %	41.2	42.2	0.3	0.013
CF, %	12.0	10.1	0.5	0.033
EE, %	3.3	3.5	0.4	0.641
Glucosinolate, µmol/g	22.0	13.6	1.7	0.010
AA
Aspartic acid	2.57	2.70	0.19	0.463
Serine	1.81	1.83	0.07	0.771
Glutamic acid	6.59	6.89	0.42	0.507
Glycine	2.13	2.15	0.08	0.905
Histidine	1.22	1.20	0.03	0.597
Arginine	2.54	2.50	0.09	0.756
Threonine	1.81	1.83	0.06	0.794
Alanine	1.59	1.66	0.10	0.550
Proline	2.37	2.45	0.13	0.591
Cysteine	1.07	1.04	0.61	0.597
Tyrosine	1.03	1.1	0.03	0.643
Valine	1.90	1.94	0.10	0.663
Methionine	0.77	0.76	0.05	0.830
Lysine	1.65	1.72	0.14	0.646
Isoleucine	1.35	1.39	0.07	0.616
Leucine	2.63	2.71	0.13	0.567
Pheylalanine	1.79	1.76	0.05	0.636
Tryptophan	0.39	0.39	0.01	0.561

CM, canola meal; FCM, fermented canola meal; GE, gross energy; CP, crude protein; CF, crude fibre; EE, ether extract; AA, amino acids.

Table 3. Apparent ileal digestibility of nutrients and amino acids of canola and fermented canola meals on a dry matter basis.

	CM	FCM	Pooled SEM	P
Item
AME, MJ/kg	10.24	10.13	31.99	0.451
CP, %	77.44	81.56	1.22	0.028
AA
Aspartic acid	74.6	79.7	0.81	0.003
Serine	72.5	78.6	2.11	0.045
Glutamic acid	81.2	83.9	0.81	0.030
Glycine	73.2	77.5	2.81	0.208
Histidine	77.7	82.1	3.24	0.246
Arginine	81.6	85.9	1.52	0.047
Threonine	68.5	75.0	3.42	0.129
Alanine	74.4	75.6	3.10	0.722
Proline	69.5	76.9	2.84	0.061
Cysteine	69.6	78.5	2.66	0.028
Tyrosine	73.0	80.0	2.63	0.058
Valine	72.1	76.3	2.98	0.240
Methionine	78.7	85.0	2.01	0.035
Lysine	76.2	79.4	2.12	0.201
Isoleucine	73.2	76.5	3.48	0.394
Leucine	76.4	79.3	2.77	0.366
Pheylalanine	76.6	81.3	2.67	0.153
Tryptophan	89.3	89.5	0.94	0.811

CM, canola meal; FCM, fermented canola meal; AME, apparent metabolisable energy; CP, crude protein; AA, amino acids.