Effect of feeding low-oil distillers dried grains with solubles on the performance of broilers

Abstract

Manufacturers of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are changing practices to extract corn oil from DDGS in the process of ethanol production. The resulting product is called low-oil DDGS (LO-DDGS) and may be included in broiler diets. Two LO-DDGS and one unextracted DDGS were used in a broiler performance trial to determine maximum levels of inclusion without detrimental effects. Corn- and soybean meal-based mash diets were used with different DDGS samples included at 10 or 20%. Six hundred thirty Cobb 500 male by-product chicks were randomly assigned to 6 replicate pens containing 15 chicks each and fed diets from 0 to 18 d of age. There was a significant interaction between source and level on BW at d 11 and 18 when 10 and 20% of LO-DDGS was included compared with the control group. There was also a significant effect of source and level interaction on BW at d 18 (P < 0.05). Feed efficiency from d 0 to 18 was improved when 10% LO-DDGS was used compared with 20% inclusion. Abdominal fat pad weights were higher when LO-DDGS samples were included at 10 or 20% compared with the control group. There was a significant effect of DDGS source and level on fat pad weights (P < 0.05). Producers may achieve an increase in performance when including 10% LO-DDGS in broiler diets. Up to 20% inclusion levels may have no detrimental effects on performance parameters compared with a standard corn-soybean diet.

Effect of Feeding Low-Oil Ddgs to Laying Hens and Broiler Chickens on Performance and Egg Yolk and Skin Pigmentation

“…There was no significant difference between DDGS sources either (p>0.05). Similare results have been reported elsewhere (Guney et al, 2013) when broilers were fed low-oil DDGS for 18 d. Feeding levels as high as 15% of conventional DDGS (10% fat) did not significantly affect growth performance (Cortés et al, 2012;Lumpkins et al, 2004;Shim et al, 2011). Levels higher than 15%, however, significantly reduced growth performance rate.…”

“…Guney et al (2013), on the other hand, reported a reduction in abdominal fat weight when low-fat DDGS was fed at 10% or 20% inclusion level.…”

Impact of chemical and physical properties on flowability characteristics of corn distillers dried grains with solubles

“…Moreover, 7 DDGS samples in the current study had an EE content lower than 100 g kg -1 DM which was most likely due to the removal of the extra oil from DDGS samples by DDGS plants. Guney et al (2013) reported that ethanol producers could extract some of the oil in the DDGS and use the term low-oil DDGS for the leftover product. They also reported that DDGS with a lower than 99 g kg -1 EE can be defined as low-oil DDGS.…”

Phosphorus bioavailability, amino acid digestibility and metabolizable energy of broiler chick diets supplemented with low-oil distiller’s dried grains with solubles

“…There were no differences in mean weight gain of chicks between treatments in experiment 2, showing that inclusion of low-oil DDGS in feed does not have a negative impact on this productive parameter. Similarly, Guney et al 15 supplemented broiler chick diets with either 10% or 20% of low-oil DDGS (7.52% and 6.74% of oil content, respectively), and found no negative effects on growth performance of birds. Further, an 8% inclusion of conventional DDGS in feed did not affect weight gain of chicks from 0 to 14 d of age, but it did however negatively affect feed conversion.…”