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Week 3

Protein Sources

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Grain Legumes

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  • Pulse crops
    • Pulses – seeds of legumes
  • Primarily grown for human foodstuffs
  • Refuse seeds fed to animals
  • General nutritional value
    • 20-30% CP
    • Low in methionine and tryptophan
    • Antinutritional factors
      • Including protease inhibitors, goitrogens, cyanogens, antivitamins, metal-binding factors, lathyrogens, and phytohemagglutins
      • Processing with heat treatment addresses factors
  • Soybeans
    • SBM primary feedstuff
    • Full-fat soybeans
      • High in protein and energy
      • Processed to inactivate antinutritional factors and prevent rancidity
  • Peanuts
    • Typically fed as meal
  • Dry beans
    • Include common, snap, kidney, pinto, navy, mung, and lima
    • CP 20-28%
    • Antinutritional factors
    • Processing required
    • For monogastrics, limit amount fed
    • For ruminants, fed in moderate amounts
  • Field beans
    • 24-30% CP
    • As portion of supplementary protein
  • Lupins
    • Grain varieties referred to as sweet lupins
      • 25-35% CP
      • Low alkaloid content
      • For monogastrics, poultry perform better than swine
      • Ruminants perform well
  • Peas and lentils
    • Peas - 20-29% CP
    • Nutritional value of lentils similar to peas
    • For monogastrics, more favorable for swine versus poultry
    • For ruminants, protein and energy feed
  • Additional
  • Legume seed screenings
    • By-products of seed processing
    • 22-25% CP
    • Acceptable for ruminants

 

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