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Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr, Landwirtschaft und Weinbau
Rhineland-Palatinate
Stiftsstraße 9
55116 Mainz
Website: External link to the authority
Animal welfare – through an innovative feeding concept for pigs – Cultivation and exploitation of domestic grain legumes and fibre animal feed with pr
There still is a lack of practical knowledge regarding the potentials and the effects of the use of adequate domestic, GMO-free protein carriers in pig feeding. In this context, aspects like animal welfare, the waiver of additives and genetic engineering as well as a decreased use of antibiotics move into focus. Practical recommendations regarding which protein plant(s) for pig feeding can be regionally cultivated in an economic and resource-saving way are needed. On the one hand, it is about taking a closer look on the possibilities and limitations of the cultivation of GMO-free domestic grain legumes as well as about optimising their cultivation. On the other hand, the new findings regarding the cultivation of legumes are to be further examined in practice - especially in the context of pig feeding. The aim is an innovative and practicable feeding concept together with a strengthened regional value chain for animal food (cultivation, feeding, refinement).
The EIP project "Animal Welfare – by the use of an innovative feeding concept for pigs" aimed to improve the animal welfare of pigs by using suitable protein carriers and an adequate supply of raw fiber.
For this purpose, regional farmers and the TH Bingen cultivated grain legumes on their fields, which were determined for their feed-relevant ingredients. Subsequently, the legumes were compared to GMO soy products in digestibility studies to calculate their digestibility as well as in feeding trials on pigs and sows to determine their performances. The results showed that regionally grown legumes are a good alternative source of protein in exchange for GMO soy. Additionally, 28 raw fiber-rich feeds were measured for extract viscosity, water-binding capacity and swelling capacity. After feeding suitable fiber sources, both the digestibility of fibers in pigs and selected behavioral parameters of sows could be optimized.
Rural development 2014-2020
Landwirtschaftskammer Rheinland-Pfalz (Chamber of Agriculture Rhineland-Palatinate)
Burgenlandstraße 7
55543 Bad Kreuznach
Phone: 0671 793 1130
Email: wilhelm.zimmerlin@lwk-rlp.de
2016
completed
467,126
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