How to generate savings in swine feed: Re-validate and adjust nutritional value of methionine sources

23 October 2020

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By: S. Maria Mendoza, J. Caroline González Vega and John Htoo

Figure 1. Effect of 100 parts of MHA-Ca and 65 parts of MetAMINO® (DL-methionine) on body weight of nursery pigs.

Figure 2. Effect of 100 parts of MHA-Ca and 65 parts of MetAMINO® (DL-methionine) on ADG, ADFI, and FCR of nursery pigs from zero to 49 days post weaning.

Table 1. Economic evaluation of pigs fed dietary treatments using 100 parts of MHA-Ca and 65 parts of MetAMINO® (DL-methionine)
1 Based on the Q1 2020 average price of 3.34 $/kg for feeder pigs of 5.4 kg BW and 3.27 $/kg for feeder pigs of 18.1 kg BW (USDA Feeder Pig Quarterly Report).

2 The feed price is a weighed price based on feed intake in each phase and the cost of feed of each phase. Cost of the control diet were 606.01, 460.73, 213.15, and 202.46 for phase 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. The cost of the MHA-Ca and MetAMINO® diets were estimated by the addition of the cost of the control diet plus the analyzed contented of MHA-Ca and MetAMINO® multiply by the price of the ingredient ($1.68 and $2.1 per kg of MHA-Ca and DLM, respectively).

3 Pig losses referred to pigs that were removed of the experiment or died.

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S. Maria Mendoza, J. Caroline González Vega and John Htoo

Dr. S. Maria Mendoza is a technical service manager for North America (Evonik Corporation) based in Kennesaw, Georgia. Dr. J. Caroline González Vega (swine nutrition research manager) and Dr. John Htoo is (director technical consultancy) are with Evonik Operations GmbH based in Hanau, Germany. at Evonike