Hemp Seed Under Evaluation as Potential Livestock Feed Ingredient
Dr. Jim House - University of Manitoba
Farmscape for October 27, 2009 (Episode 3331)
Researchers with the University of Manitoba are confident the nutritional benefits of hemp seed in human food products can be effectively applied to livestock rations.
Hemp products are not currently approved for use in any class of livestock diet but hemp-based products are widely used in human nutrition.
To generate data to support the registration of hemp products in livestock rations researchers are evaluating the safety and effectiveness of hemp seed as a feed ingredient in poultry diets.
Dr. Jim House, the head of the University of Manitoba's Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, says studies have shown hemp protein to be highly digestible and that should carry over to most major classes of livestock.
Clip-Dr. Jim House-University of Manitoba:
Right now we're looking at three different classes of hemp products, the hemp seed, the hemp oil and the hemp meal or the protein concentrate.
We're looking at doing production trials in both laying hens and in broiler chickens and generating data on performance, on any issues related to health indices and we're also going to be collecting data on the quality of the eggs and on the meats of the broiler chickens.
Once we've got all that data we'll be able to generate significant evidence in support of the use of hemp in livestock diets, in particular poultry diets at this stage.
Another unique aspect that we're going to be looking at is because hemp is a nice oil in terms of its fatty acid composition, it has a significant amount of omega-3, in particular the alpha-Linolenic acid, we're looking to
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