Theses and Dissertations
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Nutritional Value of Faba Bean Cultivars as Dietary Source of Energy and Protein for Weaned and Growing Pigs
DownloadFall 2022
Novel faba bean cultivars vary in nutrient content, digestibility and antinutritional factors that must be characterized to prioritize which faba bean cultivars to grow for pigs feeding. In chapter 2, five diets included (20%, phase 1; 30%, phase 2) 3 different, zero-tannin and high...
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Nutritional value of heat-processed field pea and lentil grains as alternative feedstuffs for pigs
DownloadFall 2020
Field pea and lentil grains are alternative starch and protein sources for swine; however, pulse grains have a lower energy digestibility in pigs than conventional feedstuffs, contain trypsin inhibitors that may reduce protein digestion, and may reduce feed efficiency (G:F). Processing using...
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Spring 2016
Solvent-extracted canola meal (CM) is fed to pigs as alternative to soybean meal (SBM). The relatively high dietary fibre content in CM limit its nutritional value for swine. Canola processing could produce canola co-products with less fibre and greater fat thus increasing its nutritional value....
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Fall 2015
The global protein market is growing with focus on plant-based proteins. Oat protein is a good source of plant protein, and is regarded as a by-product of the β-glucan extraction process; therefore oat protein is waiting research to develop its full potential. Globular proteins in oat closely...
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Oat, pea, and canola intercropping: An investigation of the agronomic benefits and underlying biological mechanisms of a multi-crop forage system
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Oat, pea, and canola intercropping can provide benefits in terms of beef cattle forage as it can provide stable biomass and nutritional yield. Two underlying mechanisms were examined as potential explanations to its stability: 1) plant water use efficiency, and 2) arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi...