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FISH MEAL, MENHADEN


Description

Menhaden is the major source of fish meal produced in the U.S. The fish are taken in Atlantic coastal waters from Maine to Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico. Menhaden are not used for human food but for oil used in paints, soaps, and lubricants and as an ingredient in margarine in Europe. The fish are ground, cooked and processed to yield three products: presscake, fish solubles and oil. The final fish meal product may be simple presscake meal, full meal (all the soluble are added back into the presscake), or some combination of presscake and soluble.

Fish meal used for animal feed should be stabilized with an antioxidant such as ethoxquin to prevent the fish oil from becoming rancid.

The protein in fish meal has a high rumen bypass value. The bypass protein itself is high in quality because it is rich in the essential amino acids lysine and methionine. For this reason, it makes a good combination with alfalfa or early-cut grass silage, which tend to be higher in rumen degradable protein.

Feeding

Fish meal should be introduced into the ration gradually to avoid feed refusal. Since the greatest benefit from feeding fish meal comes during the first half of lactation when protein requirements are highest, it is useful to start adapting the cows to it during the latter part of the dry period.

Fish meal can be fed to milking cows at a rate that supplies up to a maximum of 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of fish oil (fat) per cow per day. Higher levels of fish oil tend to lower fat test. The fat content of fish meal varies among suppliers. Therefore, it is important to know the fat content of the fish meal being used. A practical guideline is to feed it at a rate of up to 1 ½ pounds (0.7 kg) per cow per day.

Typical Analysis
Dry matter 92 %
Crude Protein 62.0 %
Fat 09.8 %
Crude fiber 01.0 %
Neutral Detergent Fiber 00.0 %
Acid Detergent Fiber 00.0 %
Calcium 05.0 %
Phosphorus 03.0 %
Total Digestible Nutrients 71.0 %
Net energy—Lactation 70.0 Mcal/100 lbs.

 Others: Herring, Anchovy, Redfish, and Whitefish meal

Herring and anchovies also are oil-type fish and are processed similarly.

Redfish meal is the filleting waste from ocean perch. Ocean perch are not an oil fish. They are caught for human food off the eastern coast of Canada and the U.S. After the fillets are removed, the heads and racks are ground, cooked and dried to produce redfish meal.

The term whitefish refers to cod, haddock, hake, flounder and pollack. Like ocean perch, these also are caught for human food. After the fillets are removed, the heads and racks are ground, cooked and dried to produce whitefish meal.

Caution:  Any recommendations given here should be considered as general only and may not apply in your specific situation.  All final recommendations should be made by a qualified person familiar with your particular circumstances.

 


SPECIFICATIONS

ALFALFA  PELLETS
ALFALFA, SUNCURED
BARLEY FLOUR
BARLEY, GRAIN
BEET PULP, PELLETS
BEET PULP, PRESSED
BEET PULP, SHREDS
BLOOD MEAL, WHOLE
BONE MEAL
BONE MEAL, STEAMED
BONE PHOSPHATE
BREWERS GRAINS
BREWERS YEAST
CALCIUM PROPIONATE
CALCIUM SULFATE
CANDY PRODUCT
CANOLA MEAL
CARROT GRANULES
CARROTS, DRIED
CHEESE POWDER
CITRUS PULP
CORN COB PELLETS
CORN GLUTEN FEED
CORN GLUTEN MEAL
CORN STARCH
COTTONSEED HULLS
COTTONSEED MEAL
COTTONSEED, WHOLE
DISTILLERS GRAINS
EGG, DRIED
EGG POWDER
FEATHER MEAL
FISHMEAL
FISH MEAL, LOW ASH
FLAX SEED
HOMINY FEED
LAMB MEAL
LINSEED MEAL
LIVER MEAL
MALT SPROUTS
MALT SPROUTS #2
MEAT & BONE MEAL
MEAT MEAL 57%
MOLASSES YEAST
    40/43 – SPRAY DRIED
OAT GROATS
OAT HULLS
OATMILL BY-PRODUCT
OATS
POTATO FLAKES
POTATO, MASH BLEND
POTATO,  DEHY
POTATO, DRIED
POULTRY MEAL
RICE BRAN
RICE FLOUR
RICE
SOY BEST
SOY FLOUR
SOYBEAN HULLS
SOYBEAN MEAL
SOY GRITS
SOY PLUS
SUNFLOWER ASH
TOMATO POMACE
TUNA DRY DIGEST
UREA
WHEAT GERM MEAL
WHEAT GRAIN
WHEAT MILLFEEDS
WHEY
WHEY POWDER
WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE
YEAST, ACTIVE
YEAST,  BEST 2X