Comparison of ingredient usage and formula costs in poultry feeds using different amino acid digestibility databases
+ Author Affiliations
- ↵2 Corresponding author: gpesti@uga.edu
- Received December 15, 2011.
- Accepted April 17, 2012.
SUMMARY
This study showed how using different
database values for digestible amino acid contents influences ingredient
usage and feed
costs for broiler, layer, and turkey diets with
recent ingredient costs from the United States and Pakistan. A series of
feeds
were formulated to compare results from using 2
commercial ingredient composition databases: Ajinomoto Heartland (AH;
rooster
assay values) and Evonik Degussa (ED; chick assay
values). The ingredient composition matrix was based on NRC (1994)
tables,
except for digestible amino acids and protein.
Requirements were for a broiler starter (Ross), broiler finisher (Cobb),
turkey
starter (Nicholas), turkey finisher (British United
Turkeys), and leghorn prelay (ISA) and peak (Hy-Line) diets. Costs were
local market prices in Pakistan (June 2010) and
average US prices (2009). Formula costs were higher using the ED
digestible
amino acid values, ranging from $1.00/ton for the
turkey finisher diet to $8.40/ton for the turkey starter diet. The
broiler
starter and finisher diets were $6.20 and $2.60/ton
higher using the ED digestible amino acid values. Differences in
formulation
costs were due to higher levels of supplemental
amino acids and soybean meal when using the ED database. The shadow
prices
of distillers dried grains with solubles ranged
from $199.50/ton in the turkey starter diet, with AH digestible amino
acid
values, to $266.20/ton in the leghorn prelay diet,
with AH digestible amino acid values. Not knowing the digestible amino
acid levels in feed ingredients or choosing
inappropriate digestible amino acid values may result (at least) in
inefficiencies
averaging $3.00 to $4.00/ton of finished feed for
broilers, layers, and turkeys (approximately $6.00 for starter feed and
$3.00 for finisher feed). Comparative values are
similar for dollars and rupees. Differences in feed costs from using the
different digestibility values can give an estimate
of potential savings (costs) from using one particular database vs. the
other. The cost difference may be used to
demonstrate the magnitude of research monies that should be dedicated to
estimating
amino acid digestibility values most accurately.
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