Replacing groundnut cake with gluten meals of rice and maize in diets for growing Sahiwal cattle

Abstract

ObjectiveThis experiment investigated the effect of isonitrogenous replacement of groundnut cake (GNC) by rice gluten meal (RGM) and maize gluten meal (MGM) at 75% level on nutrient intake, apparent digestibility, growth performance and related blood constituents in growing Sahiwal cattle.MethodsEighteen Sahiwal calves were divided into three groups, based on average body weight (87.24 kg) and age (6 to 12 mo), and treatments were assigned to the different groups randomly. The first group (GP-I) was kept as control and received GNC-based concentrate mixture. In second (GP-II) and third (GP-III) groups, 750 g/kg nitrogen (N) of GNC was substituted by RGM and MGM respectively, with similar forage:concentrate ratio (56:44).ResultsThe 90 days of experimental feeding revealed that intake of dry matter, crude protein and digestibility coefficients for all nutrients did not differ among groups. Furthermore, although N balance was greater (p≤0.05) for GP-III than GP-I and GP-II, average daily gain was similar between GP-I and GP-II but greater (p≤0.05) for GP-III. In addition, feed efficiency and related haematological variables did not differ due to treatments.ConclusionNutritional worth of GNC and RGM was highly comparable in terms of intake, digestibility and growth in growing calves. However, MGM was found to be more efficacious in improving growth rate than RGM at 75% replacement level of GNC protein.

Growth performance, nutrients digestibility, carcass characteristics, hematology and serum biochemistry of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) fed diets containing rice gluten meal and betaine supplementation during summer season

“…Because it contains 50% CP, it has the potential to be utilized as an elective to soybean in poultry diets for economic production (Wani et al 2018) and 3330 kcal/kg metabolizable energy (ME) (Metwally and Farhat, 2015). Some previous studies of using RGM as alternative protein source were done in broiler (Metwally and Farahat, 2015; Wani, 2018 and Dinani et al 2020) and Cattle (Malik et al, 2017). Betaine minimum and maximum temperatures, the relative humidity and the temperature humidity index ranged 25.5-33.5°C, 62-75% and 87.5-93.5, respectively.…”

“…These are con rmed by Amagliani et al (2019) who demonstrated that rice protein meal has excellent physicochemical properties which make it as functional and value-added ingredient. As well, it contains favorably good amino acids pro le with relatively higher methionine (Malik et al 2017). The improvement of CP digestibility is related to the methionine sparing effect of betaine may improve the effective use of dietary protein Eklund et al (2005).…”

Cost Economics of Feeding Rice Gluten Meal and Soybean Meal through Dietary Addition of Enzymes in Broilers

“…Kumar et al (2016) found that RGM could replace groundnut cake in the concentrate mixture of growing calves up to 75% level without any adverse effects on growth performance and nutrient utilization. Malik et al (2017) reported that replacement of groundnut cake by RGM and maize gluten meal at 75% level did not affect feed intake, feed efficiency and average daily gain in growing Sahiwal cattle.…”

Performance and Economics of Goat Production in Confinement on Feeding Soya Deoiled Cake and Groundnut Cake-Based Concentrate Mixture

“…Groundnut cake contains about 40-45% crude protein and it promotes growth of animals. But, the protein in groundnut cake is deficient in lysine and methionine and having limited amount of tryptophan and threonine (Malik et al, 2017). Among plant protein sources, soybean meal is known for the highest feeding value due to both its high protein content and essential amino acids needed to meet the nutrient requirements of animals.…”