Study on Energy,Protein and Amino Acid Utilization of Corn DDGS by Cherry Valley Male Ducks
[Objective]To explore the utilization of energy,protein and amino acid of the corn DDGS from 5 regions for Cherry Valley male ducks.[Method]Ninety-eight healthy Cherry Valley male ducks with a body weight of 3.25 kg±0.25 kg at 18 weeks of age were cultivated in metabolic cages,one duck one cage.They were randomly divided into 7 groups comprised of 14 individuals and 1 per replicate.The ducks in 5 experimental groups were fed the diets with corn DDGS and corn starch at a ratio of 7∶3,and the DDGS were sourced from Jilin,the United States(crude),the United States(fine),Shandong and Liaoning,respectively.The ducks in corn starch group were fed on the 100%corn starch diet,while in endogenous group was fed nothing.According to the process of force-feeding,both force-feeding test and metabolic test were carried out,with all the excrement collected.Moreover,gross energy(GE),crude protein(CP)and the amino acid content of force-feeding feed and excreta were determined.[Result]The CP content of corn DDGS sourced from Liaoning was significantly lower compared to the other 4 experimental groups(P<0.05),while the CP content of crude and fine corn DDGS sourced from the United States was significantly lower relative to the Jilin group(P<0.05).The GE of DDGS from the United States(crude)was significantly lower compared to the other 4 experimental groups(P<0.05).The apparently available protein and truly available protein in the United States(fine)and Liaoning groups were significantly higher than those from the United States(crude)and Shandong groups(P<0.05).The apparently metabolizable energy and truly metabolizable energy in the United States(crude)and Liaoning groups were significantly higher than in Jilin and Shandong groups(P<0.05).The true availability of threonine,glycine,histidine,arginine,branch chain amino acid,phenylalanine and tyrosine of corn DDGS from Liaoning was significantly higher compared to the other 4 experimental groups(P<0.05),and the true availability rates of proline,aspartic acid,serine,glutamic acid and alanine were the highest.[Conclusion]There were significant differences observed in nutritional composition,energy,protein and amino acid utilization of corn DDGS among 5 different regions.The utilization of energy,protein and amino acid by Cherry Valley male ducks was in the following order:Liaoning>United States(fine)>United States(crude)>Jilin>Shandong.The crude protein content of corn DDGS in five different regions was ranked as Shandong>Jilin>United States(crude)>United States(fine)>Liaoning.
corn DDGSCherry Valley male ducksavailable proteinmetabolizable energytrue availability of amino acids