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Animal hair

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This datasheet is pending revision and updating; its contents are currently derived from FAO's Animal Feed Resources Information System (1991-2002) and from Bo Göhl's Tropical Feeds (1976-1982).

Datasheet

Description
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Common names 

Pig hair, cattle hair, wool

Feed categories 
Related feed(s) 
Description 

Hog hairs are more difficult to hydrolyse than feathers. The fibres disintegrate when pressure-cooked (3.5 kg/cm) at 148°C for thirty minutes.

Nutritional aspects
Nutritional attributes 

The processed product is a valuable feedstuff because of its high protein content, but it is deficient in methionine, lysine and tryptophan. The amount of the meal which can be used effectively under ordinary conditions is limited.

Pigs 

Hydrolysed hair seems to be unsuitable for pigs.

Poultry 

The inclusion of more than 2-2.5% in poultry feed does not seem advisable. Also hydrolysed wool has been used as a replacement for soybean meal at levels of 2-5% with good results.

Nutritional tables
Tables of chemical composition and nutritional value 

Avg: average or predicted value; SD: standard deviation; Min: minimum value; Max: maximum value; Nb: number of values (samples) used

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This datasheet is pending revision and updating; its contents are currently derived from FAO's Animal Feed Resources Information System (1991-2002) and from Bo Göhl's Tropical Feeds (1976-1982).

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Dry matter % as fed 95.2 1
Crude protein % DM 95.9 2.2 93.4 97.5 3
Crude fibre % DM 0.0 1
Ether extract % DM 2.2 2.0 2.3 2
Ash % DM 1.7 1.0 2.5 2
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 23.4 21.6 23.4 2 *
 
Minerals Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Calcium g/kg DM 3.4 1
Phosphorus g/kg DM 1.4 1
 
Amino acids Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Alanine % protein 4.5 3.7 5.3 2
Arginine % protein 9.3 0.2 9.2 9.6 3
Aspartic acid % protein 7.4 6.4 8.3 2
Cystine % protein 2.7 1.5 4.0 2
Glutamic acid % protein 16.0 12.6 19.4 2
Glycine % protein 6.3 1.0 5.6 7.4 3
Histidine % protein 1.5 0.2 1.3 1.7 3
Isoleucine % protein 4.2 1.8 2.1 5.5 3
Leucine % protein 8.2 0.8 7.7 9.2 3
Lysine % protein 3.8 0.6 3.3 4.5 3
Methionine % protein 0.9 0.1 0.8 1.1 3
Phenylalanine % protein 4.5 1.6 3.2 6.3 3
Proline % protein 4.0 3.1 5.0 2
Serine % protein 7.5 7.1 7.9 2
Threonine % protein 5.7 1.3 4.7 7.1 3
Tryptophan % protein 0.8 1
Tyrosine % protein 4.3 1.0 3.6 5.5 3
Valine % protein 5.3 1.9 4.2 7.5 3
 
Pig nutritive values Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Energy digestibility, growing pig % 90.1 *
DE growing pig MJ/kg DM 21.1 *

The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.

References

Church et al., 1982; Kornegay, 1978; Moran et al., 1967; Obradovic, 1969

Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:44:21

Main analysis Unit Avg SD Min Max Nb
Dry matter % as fed 80.5 1
Crude protein % DM 51.6 1
Crude fibre % DM 12.2 1
Ether extract % DM 10.2 1
Ash % DM 26.0 1
Gross energy MJ/kg DM 18.4 *

The asterisk * indicates that the average value was obtained by an equation.

References

Lee, 1975

Last updated on 24/10/2012 00:45:24

References
References 
Kornegay, E. T., 1978. Protein digestibility of hydrolysed hog hair meal for pigs. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol., 3 (4): 323-328 web icon
Lee, P. K., 1975. Nutritive value of hydrolyzed wool meal as a source of protein and amino acids in fattening pigs. J. Taiwan Livest. Res., 8 (2): 9
Moran, E. T. ; Summers, J. D., 1967. Feather meal and other processed keratins as dietary sources of protein for poultry production. Feedstuffs, 39 (50): 50-51
Obradovic, M., 1969. Unpublished data. FAO, Cyprus
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Datasheet citation 

DATASHEET UNDER CONSTRUCTION. DO NOT QUOTE. https://feedipedia.org/node/217 Last updated on October 3, 2011, 16:16

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