Nutritional value of white lupins (Lupinus albus) for broilers: apparent metabolisable energy, apparent ileal amino acid digestibility and production performance

Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the nutritional value of three cultivars (Promore, Kiev mutant and Ultra) of white lupins (Lupinus albus L.) for broilers. In experiment 1, the apparent metabolisable energy (AME) and ileal amino acid digestibility coefficients of the three cultivars were determined. The cultivar effects were significant (P , 0.05) for AME, but the ileal amino acid digestibility coefficients were similar (P . 0.05) between cultivars. The AME value of Ultra cultivar was lower (P , 0.05) than those of Promore and Kiev mutant cultivars. In Experiment 2, using the AME and ileal digestible amino acid values determined in Experiment 1, diets containing 200 g/kg of lupin were formulated and the effects of feeding these diets on performance, digestive tract development and excreta quality of broiler starters were investigated. Weight gain, feed intake and feed per gain of broilers fed diets containing white lupins were similar (P . 0.05) to those fed the maize-soybean meal diet. The performance of birds fed diets containing different cultivars of white lupins was similar (P . 0.05). Several digestive tract parameters were influenced by the dietary inclusion of white lupins. In particular, the relative liver weight and the relative empty weights of small intestine and caeca in birds fed diets containing white lupins were higher (P , 0.05) than those fed the maize-soybean meal diet. No differences (P . 0.05) were observed in the excreta quality scores between the birds fed the maize-soybean meal diet and those fed diets containing white lupins.

The effect of dietary yellow lupine (<i>L. luteus</i> cv. Baryt) on growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality and selected serum parameters of turkeys

“…In a study by Nalle et al (2011), diets containing 20% of three narrow-leaved lupine cultivars fed to broiler chickens had no effect on BWG, FI or feed utilization compared with a maize-soyabean diet. Feed intake, BWG and FCR were also similar when part of SBM was replaced with 20% of white lupine seeds in broiler diets (Nalle et al, 2012). However, in another experiment, chicken diets containing 20% of white lupine seeds contributed to a decrease in BWG and feed efficiency (Viveros et al, 2007).…”

“…has a high protein content and could be a viable alternative to soyabeans that cannot be used in organic turkey diets. Seeds of modern sweet lupine varieties are characterized by low alkaloid concentrations (Jezierny et al, 2011) and relatively high amino acid digestibility in chickens and turkeys (Kozlowski et al, 2011;Nalle et al, 2012). Today, the major factor limiting the use of lupine seeds in poultry diets is their high content of non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs; up to 400 g · kg -1 )…”

Nutritional value of a partially defatted and a highly defatted black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens L.) meal for broiler chickens: apparent nutrient digestibility, apparent metabolizable energy and apparent ileal amino acid digestibility

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Protein composition and digestibility of black soldier fly larvae in broiler chickens revisited according to the recent nitrogen-protein conversion ratio

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