Use of Corn Dried Distillers Grains (DDGS) in Feeding of Ruminants

Abstract

Bioethanol is the product of fermentation of starch contained in renewable resources, such as corn, wheat, rye and rice. Depending on the technology used for its production, dried distillers decoction may exist in diferent forms: dried distillers grain (DDG); dried distillers grain with solubles (DDGS) and high-protein dried distillers grains (HPDDG), as well as wet distillers grain (WDG), wet distillers grain with solubles (WDGS), and high-protein wet distillers grains HPWDG). Research conducted in recent years has demonstrated the possibilities of corn DDG as feed for livestock due to its high content of valuable protein, high caloriic value and bioelements. Distillers grain has been used as feed for beef and dairy catle, sheep, swine and poultry. In case of ruminants, it is important that distillers grain is foodstuf high in ruminal undegradable protein, with beneicial ibre content that does not cause rumen acidosis. DDGS has positive inluence on milk yield and its fat and protein content. Research on rumen fermentation has proven that DDGS positively afecs processes in forestomachs: methanogenesis, ammonia emission and volatile faty acids proile. Reprocessing of agri-food industry by-products may well be an alternative for traditional methods of feeding animals and utilizing valuable nutrients that they contain.

Feeding Agro-Industrial By-Products to Light Lambs: Influence on Meat Characteristics, Lipid Oxidation, and Fatty Acid Profile

“…Compared with CON, the BYP concentrate contained less saturated FA (SFA; 36.0 vs. 25.4%, respectively). This is in agreement with previous studies in which diets including DDGS, DCP, or EOC were tested [8][9][10], and it was attributed to the high proportion of unsaturated FA in DDGS, DCP, and EOC [5,6,30].…”

Effects of agroindustrial by-product supplementation on dairy goat milk characteristics, nutrient utilization, ruminal fermentation, and methane production

“…Compared with the control, BYP concentrate had greater content of oleic (C18:1 cis-9) and linoleic (C18:2 cis-9,cis-12) acids and lower content of lauric (C12:0), myristic (C14:0), and palmitic (C16:0) acids, which is in agreement with previous results indicating that the inclusion of olive cake in the diet usually increases the amount of oleic acid (Molina-Alcaide et al, 2010;Luciano et al, 2013). Furthermore, about 80% of FA in DDGS are unsaturated (Pecka-Kielb et al, 2017), and the FA in citrus pulp are mainly oleic, linoleic, linolenic (C18:3), palmitic, and stearic acids (C18:0; Bampidis and Robinson, 2006), which might have contributed to the differences observed in FA profile of the 2 concentrates. The most abundant FA in alfalfa hay were palmitic, linoleic, and linolenic acids (24.7, 21.9, and 34.6% of total FA, respectively), which is in agreement with previous results (Molina-Alcaide et al, 2010;Romero-Huelva et al, 2017).…”

“…Milk yield response to DDGS inclusion in the diet has also been positive in dairy cows (Hollmann et al, 2011), and an increase in milk protein and lactose yield has been reported in several studies (Anderson et al, 2006;Kleinschmit et al, 2006;Janicek et al, 2008). In contrast, no effect on milk yield was observed in sheep fed 20% of DDGS (Pecka-Kielb et al, 2017), and even a reduction in milk protein, fat, and TS has been observed by Radunz et al (2011). The results of the influence of olive cake feeding on milk yield and composition are also controversial.…”

Survey of antibiotics residues in DDGS from 14 different states by LCMS

“…This product contains the fat, protein, and minerals of the corn, making it suitable feed or supplement for livestock such as cows, sheep, swine, poultry, rabbits, goats, fish, horses, dogs, and other animals. In 2018–2019, 44 million metric tons of DDGS was produced, with over 11 million tons exported to over 97 countries (Pecka‐Kiełb et al., 2017; U.S. Grains Council, 2018). There is concern that the antibiotics may still be present and biologically active in DDGS, causing the livestock to be unintentionally consuming large amounts of antibiotics (Duelge et al., 2017).…”

“…This product contains the fat, protein, and minerals of the corn, making it suitable feed or supplement for livestock such as cows, sheep, swine, poultry, rabbits, goats, fish, horses, dogs, and other animals. In 2018-2019, 44 million metric tons of DDGS was produced, with over 11 million tons exported to over 97 countries (Pecka-Kiełb et al, 2017;U.S. Grains Council, 2018).…”