Abstract
The objective of the experiment reported here was to investigate and compare the amino acid (AA) digestibility of distillers' dried grains (DDG), distillers' dried grains with solubles (DDGS), high protein distillers' dried grains (HP-DDG), and high protein distillers' dried grains with solubles (HP-DDGS) in growing pigs. Five semi-purified diets consisting of DDG, DDGS, HP-DDG, HP-DDGS, and nitrogen-free diet (NFD) were fed to pigs fitted with simple T-cannula for 5 observations per diet. Endogenous losses of AA at the terminal ileum of pigs that received the NFD were used to calculate standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of AA from apparent ileal digestibility (AID) of AA. The AID of Lys in DDGS was lower (P < 0.05) than that in DDG, which was also lower (P < 0.05) than that in HP-DDG. There were no differences in AID of Met among DDG, DDGS and HP-DDGS, but was greater (P < 0.05) in HP-DDG than in DDG or DDGS. The AID of Thr in HP-DDG was greater (P < 0.05) than that in DDGS but not different from that in DDG or HP-DDGS. The branched-chain AA Ile and Leu had greater (P < 0.05) AID in HP-DDG than in DDG, DDGS or HP-DDGS, and there was no difference among DDG, DDGS, and HP-DDGS. The AID of Trp in DDG and DDGS or HP-DDG and HP-DDGS were not different, but the AID of Trp in HP-DDGS was greater (P < 0.05) than that of DDGS. The greatest SID of the indispensable AA was in HP-DDG. Except for Arg and Lys in which DDG had greater (P < 0.05) digestibility, there was no difference between DDG and DDGS in the SID of the indispensable AA. The SID of Lys in DDG was greater (P < 0.05) than that of DDGS but there was no difference between that of DDG and HP-DDGS. Only His, Ile, and Met had lower (P < 0.05) SID in HP-DDGS than HP-DDG within the indispensable AA. The SID of Ala, Asp, Cys, Glu, Gly, Ser and Tyr were lower (P < 0.05) in DDGS than in HP-DDG. There SID of dispensable AA in DDG was not different from that of HP-DDGS. The current study provided apparent and standardized ileal amino acids digestibility values for traditional and high-protein corn distillers' dried grains coproducts for use in formulating swine diets. Amino acid digestibility was generally higher in HP-DDG than in other tested co-products of the dry grind processing of corn for ethanol.
Keywords: Amino acid digestibility, Distillers' dried grains, High-protein distillers' dried grains, Pigs
1. Introduction
Corn distillers' dried grains (DDG) is a co-product of the dry grind processing of corn for ethanol production (Adeola et al., 2010, Kingsly et al., 2010). As ethanol producers implement new processes that more efficiently utilize starch from grain cereals, new co-products are being made available for use in swine feed formulation. Appropriate use of any new co-product in diets requires information on nutrient utilization and profile. Two fractionation processes have been implemented by the industry that can separate components of corn kernels to be further processed into discrete components. A back-end fractionation process takes post-fermentation DDG and separates fractions into protein and fiber subunits. The other process is a front-end or pre-fermentation fractionation process wherein individual corn kernels are divided into 3 segments: the endosperm, the pericarp, and the germ (Zhao et al., 2010). The high-fiber fragment, the pericarp, is processed into a human food product, animal feed or biomass fuel substrate. The portion which is relatively high in oil, the germ, is segregated to extract the oil with the remainder being processed into corn germ meal. The endosperm is high in starch and protein and is the fragment used within the ethanol plant as substrate for microbes to produce ethanol. Following the fermentation process, the remaining co-product is the eventual high-protein distillers' dried grains (HP-DDG; Jacela et al., 2010). When the HP-DDG or DDG is combined with condensed distillers' solubles, the resulting product is high-protein distillers' dried grains with solubles (HP-DDGS) or distillers' dried grains with solubles (DDGS).
Because of a dearth of information on the SID and AID of amino acids (AA) in HP-DDG and HP-DDGS, the experiment reported here was conducted to investigate and compare digestibility of AA in DDG, DDGS, HP-DDG, and HP-DDGS when fed to growing pigs.
2. Materials and methods
2.1. Pigs, test ingredients, and diets
Crossbred Hampshire × Duroc × Yorkshire × Landrace barrows, obtained from the Purdue University Animal Research Farm, were used in the study. Pig surgery with simple T-cannula and animal care protocols were approved by the Purdue University Animal Care and Use Committee. The procedures were similar to those recently described by Zhai and Adeola (2011) and Cotten et al. (2016). Pigs were allowed at least 14 days to recover from surgery before initiation of the study. Average body weights of pigs at the beginning and end of the study were 50.2 kg (SD 4.5) and 54 kg (SD 5.2), respectively. Analyzed chemical composition of the test ingredients, DDG, DDGS, HP-DDG, and HP-DDGS, supplied by Mor Technology LLC (Metropolis, Illinois, USA), are presented in Table 1 and ingredient and chemical composition of the 5 diets used in the study are presented in Table 2. The nitrogen-free diet (NFD) was used to estimate basal endogenous losses of AA. Feed allowance for each pig was based on approximately 4% of body weight in 2 equal daily meals at 08:00 and 20:00. Each period lasted 7 d consisting of 5 d for the pigs to adapt to the experimental diets, followed by a 2 d collection period of ileal digesta during which a plastic tubular bag was attached to the externalized T-cannula on d 6 and 7. To reduce proliferation of bacteria in the ileal samples, each bag contained 10 mL of 5% formic acid, and ileal contents were stored at −20°C between collections. Chromic oxide was added as an indigestible marker calculation of ileal nutrient digestibility by the index method.
Table 1.
Analyzed dry matter, nitrogen (N), and amino acid (AA) composition of distillers' dried grains (DDG), distillers' dried grains with solubles (DDGS), high protein distillers' dried grains (HP-DDG) and high protein distillers' dried grains with solubles (HP-DDGS) on an as-fed basis.
| Item | DDG | DDGS | HP-DDG | HP-DDGS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry matter, g/kg | 936.3 | 888.4 | 961.5 | 878.1 |
| Crude protein (N × 6.25), g/kg | 315 | 277 | 579 | 481 |
| Crude fat, g/kg | 89 | 11 | 19 | 27 |
| Crude fiber, g/kg | 91 | 74 | 47 | 36 |
| Neutral detergent fiber, g/kg | 496 | 371 | 417 | 279 |
| Acid detergent fiber, g/kg | 179 | 108 | 263 | 160 |
| Ca, g/kg | 0.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Total P, g/kg | 4.8 | 7.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| Indispensable AA, g/kg | ||||
| Arg | 12.9 | 13.5 | 18.4 | 15.5 |
| His | 8.8 | 8.5 | 15.4 | 13.7 |
| Ile | 12.9 | 10.6 | 24.0 | 19.2 |
| Leu | 43.6 | 32.7 | 89.6 | 67.5 |
| Lys | 9.3 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 10.6 |
| Met | 6.7 | 5.4 | 13.9 | 9.8 |
| Phe | 17.2 | 13.1 | 34.6 | 24.7 |
| Thr | 11.6 | 10.3 | 20.1 | 16.8 |
| Trp | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| Val | 17.2 | 15.1 | 28.8 | 25.0 |
| Dispensable AA, g/kg | ||||
| Ala | 25.0 | 20.5 | 48.9 | 39.1 |
| Asp | 20.1 | 17.6 | 34.8 | 26.2 |
| Cys | 6.0 | 5.2 | 10.9 | 8.1 |
| Glu | 52.2 | 37.9 | 105.0 | 64.4 |
| Gly | 11.7 | 11.7 | 17.7 | 15.2 |
| Pro | 25.7 | 20.4 | 52.4 | 37.0 |
| Ser | 13.2 | 11.5 | 24.0 | 19.9 |
| Tyr | 13.1 | 9.9 | 27.6 | 19.3 |
Table 2.
Ingredient and analyzed composition of experimental diets of distillers' dried grains (DDG), distillers' dried grains with solubles (DDGS), high protein distillers' dried grains (HP-DDG), high protein distillers' dried grains with solubles (HP-DDGS), and nitrogen-free diet (NFD) on an as-fed basis.
| Item | DDG | DDGS | HP-DDG | HP-DDGS | NFD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingredients, g/kg | |||||
| DDG | 564.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DDGS | 0 | 505.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HP-DDG | 0 | 0 | 242 | 0 | 0 |
| HP-DDGS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 329.9 | 0 |
| Corn starch | 254.5 | 313.5 | 527 | 462.6 | 769.5 |
| Dextrose | 100 | 100 | 150 | 165.5 | 100 |
| Soy oil | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Marker premix1 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 20 |
| Limestone | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 |
| Solka-floc2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| NaCl | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Vitamin premix3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Mineral premix4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Potassium carbonate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Magnesium oxide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Analyzed composition, g/kg | |||||
| Dry matter | 876.0 | 864.2 | 869.3 | 871.4 | 858.3 |
| Crude protein (N × 6.25) | 177.4 | 141.8 | 135.8 | 157.5 | 10.1 |
| Indispensable AA, g/kg | |||||
| Arg | 7.6 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 0.1 |
| His | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 0.1 |
| Ile | 7.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
| Leu | 24.8 | 16.6 | 20.3 | 22.7 | 0.4 |
| Lys | 5.2 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
| Met | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 0.1 |
| Phe | 9.6 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 0.2 |
| Thr | 7.2 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| Trp | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | <0.4 |
| Val | 9.4 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 0.2 |
| Dispensable AA, g/kg | |||||
| Ala | 14.1 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 13.5 | 0.3 |
| Asp | 11.6 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 0.3 |
| Cys | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 0.1 |
| Glu | 32.4 | 22.3 | 26.7 | 30.1 | 0.6 |
| Gly | 6.9 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 0.1 |
| Pro | 16.0 | 10.9 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 0.0 |
| Ser | 8.3 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| Tyr | 7.2 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 0.1 |
Contained 20 g cornstarch and 5 g chromic oxide.
Purified cellulose.
Vitamin premix supplied per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 2,423 IU; vitamin D3, 242 IU; vitamin E, 17.6 IU; vitamin K activity, 2.4 mg; menadione, 804 μg; vitamin B12, 14.1 μg; riboflavin, 2.8 mg; D-pantothenic acid, 9 mg; niacin, 13 mg.
Mineral premix supplied per kilogram of diet: Cu (as copper sulfate), 9 mg; I (as calcium iodate), 0.34 mg; Fe (as ferrous sulfate), 97 mg; Mn (as manganese oxide), 12 mg; and Zn (as zinc oxide), 97 mg.
2.2. Analyses
Diets and freeze-dried ileal digesta were ground through a 0.5-mm screen prior to analyses. Samples were dried at 100°C for 24 h to determine the dry matter (AOAC, 2006). Chromium (Cr) concentration was determined by the inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy method following wet ash digestion with nitric and perchloric acid. Nitrogen (N; AOAC, 2006) was determined by the combustion method (model FP2000, LECO Corp., St. Joseph, MI, USA) using EDTA as a standard. Analyses of AA (AOAC, 2006) were conducted at the Experimental Station Chemical Laboratory, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA. Sample hydrolysis used 6 mol/L HCl at 100°C for 24 h under N atmosphere. For the sulfur AA (Met and Cys), performic acid oxidation occurred prior to acid hydrolysis. Barium hydroxide was used to hydrolyze tryptophan during analysis. High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) after post-column derivatization was used to determine AA concentrations in hydrolyzate.
The apparent ileal digestibility (AID) of AA was calculated as: AID (%) = 100 × [1 − (Cr in diet/Cr in digesta) × (AA in digesta/AA in diet)]; Ileal endogenous loss (IEL) of AA in mg AA per kg of dry matter intake (DMI) was calculated as: AA in ileal digesta (mg/kg) × [Cr in diet (mg/kg)/Cr in digesta (mg/kg)]; standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of AA was calculated as: SID (%) = AID (%) + [(IEL/AA in diet) × 100]. Data was analyzed using the MIXED procedure of SAS (SAS Inst. Inc., Cary, NC, USA) for a Latin square design, with pig serving as the experimental unit. The model included the fixed effects of the diet, with block, period, and pig as random effects. The LSMEANS statement in SAS was used to generate means, which were separated using the possible difference option in SAS and a probability level of 5% was considered significant.
3. Results
Table 3 shows the comparative AID of AA in DDG, DDGS, HP-DDG, and HP-DDGS. The AID of Lys in DDGS was lower (P < 0.05) than that in DDG, which was also lower (P < 0.05) than that in HP-DDG. There were neither differences in AID of Lys between HP-DDGS and DDGS nor between HP-DDGS and DDG. Other cationic AA, Arg and His, followed similar trends as Lys relative to differences among ingredients but the digestibility of those AA were much greater than that of Lys (Table 3). The AID of Met was not different among DDG, DDGS and HP-DDGS, but was greater (P < 0.05) in HP-DDG than in DDG or DDGS. The AID of Thr in HP-DDG was greater (P < 0.05) than that in DDGS but not different from that in DDG or HP-DDGS. The branched-chain AA, Ile and Leu, had greater (P < 0.05) AID in HP-DDG than DDG, DDGS or HP-DDGS, and there was no difference among DDG, DDGS, and HP-DDGS. The AID of Val in HP-DDG was greater (P < 0.05) than that in DDG or DDGS but not different from that in HP-DDGS. There was no difference between the AID of Trp in DDG and DDGS as well as between the AID of Trp in HP-DDG and HP-DDGS, but the AID of Trp in HP-DDGS was greater (P < 0.05) than that of DDGS. The AID of dispensable AA generally greater (P < 0.05) in HP-DDG than the other distillers' dried grains co-products investigated (Table 3).
Table 3.
Apparent ileal digestibility (%) of amino acids (AA) in distillers' dried grains (DDG), distillers' dried grains with solubles (DDGS), high protein distillers' dried grains (HP-DDG) and high protein distillers' dried grains with solubles (HP-DDGS).
| Item | DDG | DDGS | HP-DDG | HP-DDGS | SEM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of observations | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Indispensable AA, % | |||||
| Arg | 89.6b | 86.2c | 92.6a | 87.2bc | 0.9 |
| His | 87.9b | 85.5b | 92.0a | 87.5b | 1.2 |
| Ile | 87.6b | 85.7b | 92.1a | 88.3b | 1.1 |
| Leu | 91.6b | 90.0b | 94.8a | 92.0b | 0.8 |
| Lys | 78.1b | 70.2c | 87.1a | 72.0bc | 2.5 |
| Met | 91.6b | 90.6b | 94.9a | 92.4bc | 0.7 |
| Phe | 89.8b | 87.5b | 93.1a | 90.4ab | 0.9 |
| Thr | 84.5ab | 80.5b | 88.4a | 84.5ab | 1.5 |
| Trp | 89.3ab | 86.2b | 90.0ab | 90.5a | 1.3 |
| Val | 86.6b | 83.7b | 91.1a | 87.2ab | 1.3 |
| Dispensable AA, % | |||||
| Ala | 90.4ab | 87.7b | 93.4a | 90.3ab | 1.0 |
| Asp | 85.0ab | 79.8b | 88.5a | 84.3ab | 1.7 |
| Cys | 87.2ab | 83.0b | 90.3a | 86.0ab | 1.5 |
| Glu | 91.0ab | 88.8b | 94.0a | 90.9ab | 1.0 |
| Gly | 83.6a | 73.7b | 86.2a | 78.8bc | 2.2 |
| Pro | 89.3a | 79.5c | 88.9ab | 81.0bc | 2.6 |
| Ser | 88.6a | 84.8b | 90.6a | 88.5ab | 1.2 |
| Tyr | 90.4b | 88.4b | 93.4a | 90.5bc | 0.9 |
a,b,c Means in a row with common superscripts are not different at P < 0.05.
Endogenous losses of AA at the terminal ileum of pigs that received the nitrogen-free diet are presented in Table 4. Proline, Gly, and Glu were the most abundant and highly variable of the endogenous AA flow in the terminal ileum. The HP-DDG had the greatest SID of the indispensable AA (Table 5). Except for Arg and Lys in which DDG had greater digestibility, DDG and DDGS did not differ in SID of other indispensable AA. The SID of Lys in DDG was greater (P < 0.05) than that of DDGS, but there was no difference between that of DDG and HP-DDGS. Of the indispensable AA, only His, Ile, and Met had lower (P < 0.05) SID in HP-DDGS than HP-DDG, there was no difference in the SID of the remaining AA. The SID of the dispensable AA listed in Table 5 were not different between HP-DDG and HP-DDGS, although HP-DDG was numerically greater. The SID of Pro in DDGS was not different from that of HP-DDG. However, the SID of Ala, Asp, Cys, Glu, Gly, Ser and Tyr were lower (P < 0.05) in DDGS than in HP-DDG. The SID of dispensable AA in DDG was not different from that of HP-DDGS (Table 5).
Table 4.
Endogenous losses of amino acids (AA) at the terminal ileum on a dry matter intake (DMI) basis.
| Item | Endogenous loss, mg/kg DMI | SEM |
|---|---|---|
| Indispensable AA | ||
| Arg | 456 | 17 |
| His | 167 | 12 |
| Ile | 274 | 34 |
| Leu | 489 | 74 |
| Lys | 426 | 61 |
| Met | 82 | 15 |
| Phe | 285 | 38 |
| Thr | 512 | 58 |
| Trp | 89 | 8 |
| Val | 419 | 47 |
| Dispensable AA | ||
| Ala | 515 | 47 |
| Asp | 681 | 64 |
| Cys | 136 | 13 |
| Glu | 877 | 103 |
| Gly | 1,122 | 150 |
| Pro | 3,390 | 615 |
| Ser | 475 | 42 |
| Tyr | 228 | 31 |
Table 5.
Standardized ileal digestibility (%) of amino acids (AA) in distillers' dried grains (DDG), distillers' dried grains with solubles (DDGS), high protein distillers' dried grains (HP-DDG) and high protein distillers' dried grains with solubles (HP-DDGS).
| Item | DDG | DDGS | HP-DDG | HP-DDGS | SEM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of observations | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Indispensable AA, % | |||||
| Arg | 96.8a | 93.1b | 98.6a | 96.0ab | 1.0 |
| His | 91.7b | 89.1b | 95.3a | 91.7b | 1.2 |
| Ile | 91.6b | 89.6b | 95.9a | 92.4b | 1.1 |
| Leu | 93.7b | 92.0b | 96.9a | 94.1ab | 0.9 |
| Lys | 88.6ab | 79.9c | 94.6a | 85.8bc | 2.5 |
| Met | 93.9b | 92.8b | 97.1a | 94.6b | 0.6 |
| Phe | 93.0b | 90.7b | 96.2a | 93.6ab | 1.0 |
| Thr | 92.5ab | 88.4b | 95.7a | 93.5a | 1.6 |
| Trp | 95.4ab | 92.6b | 97.0a | 97.0a | 1.3 |
| Val | 91.4ab | 88.4b | 95.5a | 92.3ab | 1.4 |
| Dispensable AA, % | |||||
| Ala | 94.1ab | 91.4b | 96.9a | 94.1ab | 1.0 |
| Asp | 91.3ab | 86.0b | 94.3a | 91.2ab | 1.7 |
| Cys | 91.7ab | 87.3b | 94.5a | 90.8ab | 1.5 |
| Glu | 93.9ab | 91.6b | 96.8a | 93.7ab | 1.0 |
| Gly | 101.3a | 90.7b | 101.1a | 99.2a | 2.6 |
| Pro | 112.0a | 101.8b | 110.6ab | 103.9ab | 2.9 |
| Ser | 94.8ab | 91.0b | 96.7a | 95.1a | 1.3 |
| Tyr | 93.9b | 91.9b | 96.9a | 94.2ab | 0.9 |
a,b,c Means in a row with common superscripts are not different at P < 0.05.
4. Discussion
Appropriate use of any new co-product in swine diets requires information on nutrient profile and utilization. The current experiment was conducted to contribute to the sparse pool of knowledge on the SID of AA in HP-DDG and HP-DDGS for pigs and compare digestibility of AA in DDG, DDGS, HP-DDG, and HP-DDGS. The crude protein and AA composition of the DDG used in the current study are similar to those reported by Applegate et al. (2009) and Kim et al. (2011) but higher than reported by Pahm et al. (2008) and summarized in NRC (2012). The DDGS used in the current study has similar crude protein and AA composition to those previously reported (Adedokun et al., 2008, Stein and Shurson, 2009, NRC, 2012). The crude protein and AA concentration of DDG used in this study is greater than DDGS. During dry-grind ethanol processing, DDGS is obtained by drying two products streams, namely the wet distillers' grains and the condensed distillers' solubles in a ratio that varies from plant to plant and thus dilutes the DDG. Furthermore, fractionation process results in HP-DDG and HP-DDGS containing more crude protein and AA than the DDG and DDGS. New processes that more efficiently utilize starch from grain cereals in the dry grind processing of corn for ethanol production result in new feed co-products. Back-end (post-fermentation) or front-end fractionation process separates components into protein, oil, and fiber subunits and produces a high-protein co-products HPDDG or HPDDGS (Zhao et al., 2010). Predictably, the AA concentrations of HPDDG or HPDDGS are considerably higher than those of DDG or DDGS; and higher in DDG or HPDDG than in DDGS or HPDDGS because no solubles are added back to the DDG or HPDDG as is the case for DDGS or HPDDGS. The analyzed crude protein of the HP-DDG used in this study is greater than the reported CP for HP-DDG of 408 g/kg by Jacela et al. (2010), 456 g/kg by Jung and Batal (2009) and 534 g/kg by Applegate et al. (2009). The variations seen in these values could be due to processing differences in the ethanol facilities that supplied the HP-DDG. The HP-DDG used in Jung and Batal (2009) study was from back-end fractionation process whereas Applegate et al. (2009) study used HP-DDG derived from front-end fractionation; the type of fractionation for the other studies was not reported.
In previous studies (Zhai and Adeola, 2011, Xue et al., 2014) with 30-kg, 40-kg, and 60-kg pigs, basal endogenous ileal losses of lysine between 430 and 490 mg/kg DMI were reported compared with 426 mg/kg DMI in the current study. Correction of ileal AA output for basal endogenous losses of AA is pivotal to deriving SID from AID of AA. Proline (3,390 mg/kg DMI) and Gly (1,122 mg/kg DMI) were the two most abundant endogenous AA in endogenous flow and together accounted for approximately 42% of the total endogenous AA flow. The least abundant AA in endogenous AA flow were Met and Trp (89 mg/kg DMI), which together accounted for less than 2% of the total endogenous AA flow. In quantitative terms, basal endogenous AA loss is a primary component of maintenance requirement for AA and the AA composition of basal ileal endogenous CP is instructive. Jansman et al. (2002), in a review of literature data reported that AA account for 81% of the basal ileal endogenous protein, which is similar to 80% obtained in the current study.
Addition of condensed distillers' solubles to distillers' grains reduced the AID and SID of Lys regardless of whether it is the traditional or high-protein type. The lowest SID in co-products of corn processing into ethanol was for Lys. Some of the Lys may have been damaged by the heat applied to the product during dehydration process following the addition of condensed distillers' solubles. Heat damage through Maillard reaction has been shown to reduce both the concentration and the digestibility of Lys (Pahm et al., 2008). Reports of digestibility of AA in DDGS abound in the literature. The AID and SID of AA in DDGS in the current study are generally greater than those reported by Stein et al. (2006) and Urriola et al. (2009). Unlike Lys and Arg, whose epsilon amino group could react with reducing sugars following heat application, the AID and SID of most of the indispensable AA were not different between DDG and DDGS presumably due to use of steam in drying instead of direct heat, which may have minimized the Maillard reaction, and the absence of solubles in the final product. Furthermore, the AID and SID of most of the dispensable AA, except Gly and Pro, were not different. Unlike the DDGS, there is a dearth of information on digestibility of AA in high-protein co-product for pigs. In a study conducted to determine AA digestibility of HP-DDG from corn, Jacela et al. (2010) reported AID and SID of Lys that are much lower than observed in the current study. The SID of the indispensable AA Ile, Lys, Met, and Thr, and the dispensable AA Tyr in HP-DDG were higher than those of DDGS. The high-protein co-products of corn processing into ethanol used in the current study were derived from de-hulling and de-germing the corn before the fermentation process. Removal of much of the fiber and oil prior to fermentation changes composition of HP-DDG compared with the DDG. The SID for most AA in HP-DDG and HP-DDGS determined in this experiment are greater than the average values reported in NRC (2012) or values reported for HP-DDG in Jacela et al. (2010).
5. Conclusions
The current study provided apparent and standardized ileal digestibility values for traditional and high-protein corn distillers' dried grains coproducts for use in formulating swine diets. Additionally, digestibility of AA in the high-protein co-products of corn processing into ethanol is between 2 and 8 percentage units more than that of the conventional counterparts.
Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge Anna Goad, Pat Jaynes, and Dr. Oluyinka Olukosi for their varied roles in the conduct of this study.
Footnotes
Presented in part in: Adeola, O. and D. Ragland. Ileal digestibility of amino acids in co-products of corn processing into ethanol for pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 2012; 90(Suppl. 4): 86–88.
Peer review under responsibility of Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine.
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