Nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolizable energy value of corn distillers dried grains with solubles for laying hens
2018
Wang, H.Y. | Bai, S.P. | Ding, X.M. | Wang, J.P. | Zeng, Q.F. | Su, Z.W. | Xuan, Y. | Zhang, K.Y.
The purpose of this study was to determine the nutrient composition and AMEn content of corn distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to develop prediction equations for AMEn in laying hens. Ten samples of DDGS ranging in ether extract (EE) from 21.8 to 177.8 g/kg (DM basis) were selected and were subsequently fed to laying hens to determine AMEn content. A total of 176 62-week-old laying hens (Lohmann-Pink) were placed in metabolic cages (2 hens/cage) and were allotted into 11 dietary treatments (8 cages per treatment) according to hen-day egg production. Dietary treatments included a corn-soybean meal reference diet and 10 test diets. Each test diet was created by mixing the reference diet with 200 g/kg one of 10 DDGS samples at the expense of the energy-yielding ingredients (139.6 g/kg corn, 59.0 g/kg soybean meal, and 1.4 g/kg rapeseed oil).Experimental diets were fed in the 7-day adaptation period, followed by the 4-day total excreta collection period. Gross energy (GE) and crude protein (CP) of the experimental diets and excreta were determined to calculate AMEn for each DDGS sample. On the DM basis, AMEn of the 10 corn DDGS samples ranged from 729 to 2535 kcal/kg. Analyses were conducted to determine the GE, CP, EE, DM, crude fiber, neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), and ash content of the DDGS samples. Stepwise regression resulted in the following best-fit equation for AMEn (DM basis) based on the coefficient of determination, SE, and the Mallows’ statistic (Cp): AMEn, kcal/kg = 0.777 × GE (kcal/kg) − 5.39 × NDF (g/kg) (R2 = 0.99; SE = 172; Cp = −3.37). These results suggested that the composition of corn DDGS may be used to predict AMEn in laying hens.
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