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Evaluation of solvent extracted meals from double-low and triple-low rapeseed as alternative dietary protein supplements to soya-bean meal for finishing pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

B P Gill
Affiliation:
The North of Scotland College of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
J Q Zhu
Affiliation:
The North of Scotland College of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
A G Taylor
Affiliation:
The North of Scotland College of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
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Continued developments by plant breeders in the selection of rapeseed varieties with lower levels of antinutritive and toxic factors, especially glucosinolates in double-low varieties, has recently seen the commercial introduction of triple-low varieties. The characteristic yellow-coloured hulls of these newer types of rapeseed are considered to contain lower concentrations of other antinutritive factors found in the darker hulls of double-low cultivars. It is uncertain whether this has led to corresponding improvements in the nutritional value of the solvent extracted oil-free rapeseed meal (RSM) which is fed as protein supplement for livestock. This experiment was conducted to compare meal extracted from triple-low with that from double-low rapeseed as a protein supplement completely replacing soya-bean meal (SBM) in finishing pig diets.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1990

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