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Newsletters
September, 2004
Meat & Bone
Meal in Swine Diets
Porcine meat and
bone meal can be a valuable addition to swine diets
in terms of both
performance and cost.
Because of its unique combination of nutrients
it can improve amino acid profiles, increase energy
levels and provide an alternative source of minerals.
When included in a least cost formulation for pigs
from 50 to 260 pounds, there is a potential savings
of around $4.03 per ton of complete feed with current
markets (8/25/04). Those numbers were obtained
using least-cost diets with a HORMEL® premix, dicalcium
phosphate, calcium carbonate, salt, corn, dehulled
soybean meal, 55% meat and bone meal and synthetic
lysine. Meat and bone meal was limited to a maximum
of 5% of the total diet. Such a diet will reduce the
amount of dehulled soybean meal, dicalcium phosphate
and calcium carbonate used. Lysine and energy levels
were kept the same.
Porcine
meat and bone meal was trading at $205 per ton picked
up at the plant (Austin, MN or Fremont,
NE) on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 in semi-load lots.
That is below the price of dehulled soybean meal.
Dollar
Values Used For
Least-Cost Formulas
| VTM Swine Premix |
$55.00 / cwt. |
| Lysine |
$1.00 / lb. |
| Corn |
$2.00 / bu. |
| Dehulled Soybean Meal |
$230 / ton |
| 55% Meat & Bone Meal |
$205 / ton |
| Salt |
$3.50 / cwt. |
| 18.5% Dicalcium Phosphate |
$13.00 / cwt. |
| Calcium Carbonate |
$2.50 / cwt. |
Porcine meat and
bone meal can be purchased as straight meat and bone
meal
in bulk or bags. It can also be
purchased already put into a base mix where the only
additional ingredients
needed to finish
the diets are soybean meal and corn. Hormel Foods Agri-Nutrition’s
most popular swine base mix that includes meat and
bone meal is BASEPAC® Swine Base Mix 2000. A number
of others are available as well.
Porcine meat and bone meal
is not a prohibited material for cattle and can
be used in all species of livestock. |
Use Levels
For Meat & Bone Meal
In Swine Diets
Suggested maximum use levels
for porcine meat and bone meal are 5% for all stages
of production. Gestation
diets can contain up to 10% of the total diet as porcine
meat and bone meal. Higher levels can be fed but, there
is a concern for high mineral content at higher levels
and the level of Tryptophan can become limiting. HORMEL®
porcine meat and bone meal is processed from all fresh
stock raw material.
Ruminant meat and bone meal
can also be used for swine diets but, may be of lesser
value in the diet as total
crude protein content will usually be closer to 50%.
The digestibility of amino acids may also be somewhat
less than porcine meat and bone meal.
HORMEL® Porcine
Meat & Bone Meal
Nutrient Profile
(Typical Values)
| Protein |
55.0% |
Lysine |
3.24% |
| Methionine |
0.71% |
Cystine |
0.46% |
| Threonine |
1.53% |
Tryptophan |
0.37% |
| Valine |
2.62% |
Choline,ppm |
2,080 |
| Calcium |
9.80% |
Phosphorus |
4.50% |
| ME/lb. |
1,180 kcal |
Net En/lb. |
988.6 |
| Fat |
12.6% |
Moisture |
2.75% |
| Zinc, ppm |
94.0 |
Iron, ppm |
440 |
Meat
and bone meal is considered to have about 110% of the
value of 44% soybean meal or 102.5% of dehulled
soybean meal. As a quick rule of thumb, that means
meat and bone meal will have a price advantage as long
as it is within 110% of 44% soybean meal or 102.5%
of dehulled soybean meal. $230/ton dehulled soybean
meal would mean porcine meat & bone meal is worth
$235.75/ton in a given hog ration. That rule of
thumb does not account for the extra mineral or energy
value
of meat and bone meal.
For More Information
Contact:
Hormel Foods Corporation
Agri-Nutrition
1 Hormel Place
Austin, MN 55912
PH: 800-533-2228 |
