<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper outlines the main goals and methods for improving the nutritional value of poultry diets. The benefits of various processing techniques are demonstrated using the example of rapeseed and rapeseed by-products, i.e. rapeseed cake and rapeseed meal. The progress made in plant breeding in the past decades led to a significant reduction in the content of anti-nutritional factors and ingredients which reduce the nutritional value of feed. Rapeseed by-products have become a valuable source of protein for feedstuffs, and they can be safely used in poultry rations at high inclusion rates. Mechanical treatments, such as rapeseed hulling, and enzyme supplementation (phytases, carbohydrases) also significantly increase the nutritional value of feed ingredients. Further research is needed to tap into the new opportunities for improving the nutritional value of feedstuffs</p></abstract>

This paper outlines the main goals and methods for improving the nutritional value of poultry diets. The benefits of various processing techniques are demonstrated using the example of rapeseed and rapeseed by-products, i.e. rapeseed cake and rapeseed meal. The progress made in plant breeding in the past decades led to a significant reduction in the content of anti-nutritional factors and ingredients which reduce the nutritional value of feed. Rapeseed by-products have become a valuable source of protein for feedstuffs, and they can be safely used in poultry rations at high inclusion rates. Mechanical treatments, such as rapeseed hulling, and enzyme supplementation (phytases, carbohydrases) also significantly increase the nutritional value of feed ingredients. Further research is needed to tap into the new opportunities for improving the nutritional value of feedstuffs

Enhancing The Nutritional Value of Poultry Feedstuffs Using The Example of Rapeseed Products – A Review

Department of Poultry Science, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-712 Olsztyn, Poland

Annals of Animal Science

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This paper outlines the main goals and methods for improving the nutritional value of poultry diets. The benefits of various processing techniques are...

Enhancing The Nutritional Value of Poultry Feedstuffs Using The Example of Rapeseed Products – A Review

Published Online: Apr 25, 2014

Page range: 245 - 256

Received: Oct 10, 2013

Accepted: Jan 16, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2014-0014

Keywords
rapeseed meal, rapeseed cake, nutritional value, poultry

© by Krzysztof Kozłowski

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Enhancing The Nutritional Value of Poultry Feedstuffs Using The Example of Rapeseed Products – A Review

Published Online: Apr 25, 2014

Page range: 245 - 256

Received: Oct 10, 2013

Accepted: Jan 16, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2014-0014

Keywordsrapeseed meal, rapeseed cake, nutritional value, poultry

© by Krzysztof Kozłowski

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords
rapeseed meal, rapeseed cake, nutritional value, poultry