David Creswell

I. INTRODUCTION Papers have been presented at the past two APSS meetings on the subject of low protein diets (Kidd and Choct, 2017; Hilliar and Swick, 2018; Lambert and Corrent, 2018). Few, if any, have taken note of the economics of such diets. This paper is an examination of the costs of low protein diets. A brief history of amino acids is worth reviewing. Each time a limiting amino acid became ...

Betaine hydrochloride (HCl) was fed in diets which were reduced in methionine, choline and energy (oil) in three replicated broiler trials. The PC (Positive Control) was a high specification corn- soybean meal diet. Levels of standardised ileal digestible (SID) lysine and methionine+cysteine were 1.20 and 0.84% in the starter (1-18 days) and 1.10 and 0.803% respectively in the grower (17-38 days). ...

I. INTRODUCTION The application of exogenous enzymes to counteract anti-nutritive properties of targeted dietary components and improve broiler growth performance is routinely practiced. The performance of broilers offered sorghum-based diets may be inconsistent and is not usually enhanced by non-starch polysaccharide-degrading enzymes. However, amongst cereal grains, sorghum contains relatively h ...

I. INTRODUCTIONJuncea canola (Brassica juncea) was developed as a drought and heat tolerant alternative oilseed to canola in Australia. Its oil and meal qualities are similar to canola. The level and types of glucosinolates in the juncea canola meal meet the specification of canola meal with total glusinolates of less 30 umoles/g. (NSW DPI, 2009). Juncea canola oil is low in erucic acid (<2%) a ...

I. INTRODUCTION Numerous works have shown substantial variation in nutritional value of soybean meals (SBM) due to several factors such as genotype, crushing, anti-nutritional factors, implying a need for better and rapid characterization (De Coca-Sinova et al., 2008; Karr-Lilienthal et al., 2004). During the past two decades, Adisseo has been conducting in vivo studies to evaluate digestibility o ...