Processing methods to improve digestibility of canola meal in poultry diets

May 2025

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Babatunde, O.O. and Adeola, O., 2021. Additivity of apparent and standardised ileal digestibility of phosphorus in corn and canola meal mixed diets; basal endogenous loss of phosphorus responses to phytase and age in broiler chickens. British Poultry Science62(2), pp.244- 250. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00071668.2020.1825621

David, L.S., Abdollahi, M.R., Bedford, M.R. and Ravindran, V., 2021. True ileal calcium digestibility in soybean meal and canola meal, and true ileal phosphorous digestibility in maize-soybean meal and maize-canola meal diets, without and with microbial phytase, for broiler growers and finishers. British Poultry Science62(2), pp.293-303. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00071668.2020.1849559

Olukomaiya, O.O., Pan, L., Zhang, D., Mereddy, R., Sultanbawa, Y. and Li, X., 2021 Performance and ileal amino acid digestibility in broilers fed diets containing solid-state fermented and enzyme-supplemented canola meals. .Animal Feed Science and Technology, 275, p.114876. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0377840121000626

Oryschak, M.A., Smit, M.N. and Beltranena, E., 2020. Brassica napus and Brassica juncea extruded-expelled cake and solvent-extracted meal as feedstuffs for laying hens: Lay performance, egg quality, and nutrient digestibility.  Poultry science99(1), pp.350-363. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119578804

Veluri, S. and Olukosi, O.A., 2020. Metabolizable Energy of Soybean Meal and Canola Meal as Influenced by the Reference Diet Used and Assay Method. Animals10(11), p.2132. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/11/2132

Savary, R.K., MacIsaac, J.L., Rathgeber, B.M., McLean, N.L. and Anderson, D.M., 2017. Evaluating Brassica napus and Brassica juncea meals with supplemental enzymes for use in laying hen diets: production performance and egg quality factors. Canadian Journal of Animal Science97(3), pp.476-487. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjas-2016-0078

Savary, R.K., MacIsaac, J.L., Rathgeber, B.M., McLean, N.L. and Anderson, D.M., 2019. Evaluating Brassica napus and Brassica juncea meals with supplemental enzymes for use in brown-egg laying hen diets: production performance and egg quality factors. Canadian Journal of Animal Science99(4), pp.820-832. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjas-2018-0193

Gorski, M., Foran, C., Utterback, P. and Parsons, C.M., 2017 Nutritional evaluation of conventional and increased-protein, reduced-fiber canola meal fed to broiler chickens. .Poultry science96(7), pp.2159-2167. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119314063

Semwogerere, F., Neethling, J., Muchenje, V. and Hoffman, L.C., 2019. Meat quality, fatty acid profile, and sensory attributes of spent laying hens fed expeller press canola meal or a conventional diet.  Poultry science98(9), pp.3557-3570. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119306480

Park, C.S., Ragland, D., Helmbrecht, A., Htoo, J.K. and Adeola, O., 2019. Digestibility of amino acid in full-fat canola seeds, canola meal, and canola expellers fed to broiler chickens and pigs. Journal of animal science, 97(2), pp.803-812. https://academic.oup.com/jas/article-abstract/97/2/803/5237483

Osho, S.O., Babatunde, O.O. and Adeola, O., 2019. Additivity of apparent and standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids in wheat, canola meal, and sorghum distillers dried grains with solubles in mixed diets fed to broiler chickens. Poultry science98(3), pp.1333-1340. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119304079

Zhang, F. and Adeola, O., 2017. Energy values of canola meal, cottonseed meal, bakery meal, and peanut flour meal for broiler chickens determined using the regression method.  Poultry Science96(2), pp.397-404. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119311216

Hanna, C.D., Foran, C.K., Utterback, P.L., Stein, H.H. and Parsons, C.M., 2018. Phosphorus bioavailability in increased-protein, reduced-fiber canola meal, conventional canola meal, and soybean meal fed to crossbred chicks. Poultry science97(1), pp.188-195. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119306066

Hanna, C., Munoz, J., Utterback, P. and Parsons, C.M., 2020. Research Note: Phosphorus digestibility in conventional canola meal determined using different balance assays. Poultry science 99(5) pp.2650-2654https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120300754

Kozlowski, K., Mikulski, D., Rogiewicz, A., Zdunczyk, Z., Rad-Spice, M., Jeroch, H., Jankowski, J. and Slominski, B.A., 2018. Yellow-seeded B. napus and B. juncea canola. Part 2. Nutritive value of the meal for turkeys. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 240, pp.102-116. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377840117313858

Mansoori, B., Rogiewicz, A. and Slominski, B.A., 2015. The effect of canola meal tannins on the intestinal absorption capacity of broilers using a D‐xylose test. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 99(6), pp.1084-1093. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jpn.12320

Radfar, M., Rogiewicz, A., & Slominski, B. A. (2017). Chemical composition and nutritive value of canola-quality Brassica juncea meal for poultry and the effect of enzyme supplementation. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 225, 97-108. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377840117300494

Rad-Spice, M., Rogiewicz, A., Jankowski, J. and Slominski, B.A., 2018. Yellow-seeded B. napus and B. juncea canola. Part 1. Nutritive value of the meal for broiler chickens. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 240, pp.66-77. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377840117313846

Slominski, B.A., Jia, W., Rogiewicz, A., Nyachoti, C.M. and Hickling, D., 2012. Low-fiber canola. Part 1. Chemical and nutritive composition of the meal. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60(50), pp.12225-12230. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf302117

Zduńczyk, Z., Jankowski, J., Juśkiewicz, J., Mikulski, D. and Slominski, B.A., 2013. Effect of different dietary levels of low-glucosinolate rapeseed (canola) meal and non-starch polysaccharide-degrading enzymes on growth performance and gut physiology of growing turkeys. Canadian Journal of Animal Science, 93(3), pp.353-362. https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full/10.4141/cjas2012-085#.Xxrjd55KiUk

Bryan, D.D., MacIsaac, J.L., McLean, N.L., Rathgeber, B.M. and Anderson, D.M., 2019. Nutritive Value of Expeller-Pressed Yellow Canola Meal for Broiler Chickens Following Enzyme Supplementation. The Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 28(4), pp.1156-1167. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056617119322810

Bryan, D.D., MacIsaac, J.L., Rathgeber, B.M., McLean, N.L. and Anderson, D.M., 2017. Meal residual oil level and heat treatment after oil extraction affects the nutritive value of expeller-pressed canola meal for broiler chickens. Canadian Journal of Animal Science, 97(4), pp.658-667. https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjas-2015-0207#.XyAuzJ5KiUk

Dervan D.L.S. Bryan, Janice L. MacIsaac, Nancy L. McLean, Bruce M. Rathgeber, Derek M. Anderson. Nutritive Value of Expeller-Pressed Yellow Canola Meal for Broiler Chickens Following Enzyme Supplementation. Journal of Applied Poultry Research 2019, 28 (4) , 1156-1167. https://doi.org/10.3382/japr/pfz

Elbaz, A.M., El-Sheikh, S.E. and Abdel‑Maksoud, A., 2023. Growth performance, nutrient digestibility, antioxidant state, ileal histomorphometry, and cecal ecology of broilers fed on fermented canola meal with and without exogenous enzymes. Tropical Animal Health and Production55(1), p.46. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11250-023-03476-9

Gorski, M., Foran, C., Utterback, P. and Parsons, C.M., 2017. Nutritional evaluation of conventional and increased-protein, reduced-fiber canola meal fed to broiler chickens. Poultry Science, 96(7), pp.2159-2167. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119314063

Hanna, C.D., Foran, C.K., Utterback, P.L., Stein, H.H. and Parsons, C.M., 2018. Phosphorus bioavailability in increased-protein, reduced-fiber canola meal, conventional canola meal, and soybean meal fed to crossbred chicks. Poultry Science, 97(1), pp.188-195. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119306066

Jayaraman, B., MacIsaac, J. and Anderson, D., 2016. Effects of derived meals from juncea (Brassica juncea), yellow and black seeded canola (Brassica napus) and multicarbohydrase enzymes supplementation on apparent metabolizable energy in broiler chickens. Animal Nutrition, 2(3), pp.154-159. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405654516300038

Latifi, M., Moravej, H., Ghaziani, F. and Kim, W.K., 2023. Determination of prediction equations for apparent metabolizable energy corrected for nitrogen of corn gluten meal and canola meal in broilers. Poultry Science102(5), p.102587. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579123001116

Lee, J.W., Wang, S., Huang, Y., Seefeldt, T., Donkor, A., Logue, B.A. and Woyengo, T.A., 2020. Toxicity of canola-derived glucosinolates in pigs fed resistant starch-based diets. Journal of Animal Science, 98(5), p.skaa111. https://academic.oup.com/jas/article-abstract/98/5/skaa111/5817019

Niu, Y., Rogiewicz, A., Shi, L., Patterson, R. and Slominski, B.A., 2023. The effect of enzymatically-modified canola meal on growth performance, nutrient utilization, and gut health and function of broiler chickens. Animal Feed Science and Technology305, p.115760. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39650693/

Parsons, B.W. and Rochell, S.J., 2024. Determination of phytic acid disappearance, ileal P digestibility at different dietary Ca levels, and relative P bioavailability in soybean meal, canola meal, distillers dried grains with solubles, corn fermented protein, and wheat middlings. Poultry Science103(10), p.104037. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579124006163

Shanmugasundaram, R., Ajao, A.M., Fathima, S., Oladeinde, A., Selvaraj, R.K., Applegate, T.J. and Olukosi, O.A., 2024. Growth performance and immune response of broilers during active Eimeria infection are modified by dietary inclusion of canola meal or corn-DDGS in reduced-protein corn-soybean meal diets. Animal Nutrition (in press) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39650693/

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