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NF Protein products have undergone numerous university and field trials that demonstrate the efficacy and safety of peptide-based products, as well as their advantages over alternative protein ingredients. University research has proven peptides are absorbed through animals’ intestinal wall faster and more effectively than amino acids; furthermore, research has proven DPS achieves the following benchmarks:

Improves intestinal development in piglets with higher villi height to crypt depth ratio
Improves nursery pig growth performance, outperforming fishmeal in piglet diets with a higher average daily gain
Saves money for producers by replacing expensive proteins in phase 2 diets
This comprehensive research illustrates the value of animal-based peptides in young animal diets, resulting in healthier, more robust livestock.

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Mannan Comparison:

Comparison of Complex Mannan Levels of Three Yeast Products, mg/g.

Technical Bulletin 2:

DPS 50RD proved to be an effective replacement for soybean meal in baby pig starter rations.

Technical Bulletin 3:

Baby pigs fed starter diets in which DPS 30 replaced dried whey significantly outperformed those fed a control diet.

Technical Bulletin 3a:

Baby pigs fed a starter diet with DPS significantly outperformed those fed a control diet with dried whey.

Technical Bulletin 4:

Condensed Porcine Solubles® 21% Amino Acid Profile.

Technical Bulletin 5:

DPS Products Typical Energy Values.

Technical Bulletin 8:

Product Stability and Shelf Life.

Technical Bulletin 9:

Young pigs on diets with DPS 30 had similar performance to those on diets with dried whey and spray dried plasma.

Technical Bulletin 11:

Baby pigs fed starter diets with DPS 30 gained more weight than those on a control diet with dried whey.

Technical Bulletin 13:

Young pigs on diets with DPS 30 had better performance than those on diets with just spray dried plasma, and dried whey.

Technical Bulletin 14:

Young turkeys on diets with DPS 30 had similar performance to those on diets with menhaden fish meal, and outperformed poults fed a corn, soybean meal, control starter diet.

Technical Bulletin 15:

CPS 21 could be used to supply a portion of the supplemental protein, potassium and phosphorus for finishing steers.

Technical Bulletin 16:

Nursery pigs provided feed containing 3% DPS 30 had similar performance to those on 3% plasma, pigs given feed containing 6% DPS 30 had better performance to those on feed containing 6% plasma.

Technical Bulletin 17:

CPS 21 can be used to cost effectively replace high protein (48% protein) soybean meal (SBM) in swine growing and finishing diets.

Technical Bulletin 18:

Poultry Amino Acid Digestibility Test by University of Missouri.

Technical Bulletin 19:

DPS 30 tested equivalent to Spray Dried Blood Cells (SDBC). Nursery pigs fed DPS 30 had equal ADG and better feed efficiency compared to pigs on SDBC.

Technical Bulletin 20:

The inclusion of 5.0% or 6.68% DPS 30 in phase 1 diets produces similar results as compared to diets containing SMFM and spray dried plasma protein.

Technical Bulletin 21:

Small Peptides Protein Increase Amino Acid Absorption and Production of Pancreatic Hormones. An explanation of the high performance of young pigs on diets containing DPS®.

Technical Bulletin 22:

Neither DPS 30, DPS 50RD or Menhaden fish meal (MFM) provided an advantage or disadvantage over a standard corn/soybean meal diet.

Technical Bulletin 23:

21 day weaned pigs preferred starter feed containing 2.5% DPS 30, over starter feed with no DPS 30 by a ratio of 4-to-1.

Technical Bulletin 24:

A preference (choice) feeding trial was conducted in October, 1998, by Dr. Merlin Lindemann at the University of Kentucky. The trial tested weanling pigs’ preference for diets containing either 2.5% or 5.0% DPS 30.

Technical Bulletin 25:

Twenty-day weaned pigs preferred a starter feed containing a combination of 2.5% DPS 30 and 2.5% plasma over a starter feed containing only 5.0% plasma by a ratio of 3-to-1.

Technical Bulletin 26:

A preference (choice) feeding trial was conducted in December, 1998, by Dr. Merlin Lindemann at the University of Kentucky. The trial tested weanling pig’s preference for diets containing either 3.0% DPS 30, or 1.5% DPS 50RD.

Technical Bulletin 27:

DPS 30 had similar overall performance when compared to spray dried plasma protein (SDPP) in SEW diets and spray dried blood meal (SDBM) in Phase 1 diets. However, the DPS 30 diets had a lower cost of gain compared to spray dried plasma protein and spray dried blood meal diets.

Technical Bulletin 28:

DPS 30 was an effective replacement for select menhaden fish meal (SMFM) in phase 1 swine nursery diets. A new more concentrated DPS product, DPS 50RD, was also tested.

Technical Bulletin 29:

The inclusion of 3% DPS 50RD (45% crude protein) significantly increased feed intake and daily gain by 5-12% depending on the ingredients of the control diet.

Technical Bulletin 30:

Pigs fed diets with 5% DPS 30 consumed more feed, grew faster and had significantly reduced diarrhea scores.

Technical Bulletin 31:

DPS 50RD and DPS 30 treatments had similar ADG, ADFI and F/G at week 5 to the Plasma protein treatments and better performance than the Fishmeal control diet. There was a high correlation between diarrhea index (DI) and performance with DPS and plasma having significantly lower DI than the control.

Technical Bulletin 32:

Examining the digestive enzyme activity and intestinal morphology of nursery pigs receiving various proteins (fishmeal, DPS and plasma). There was no significant difference in enzyme activity among various proteins. DPS and plasma did stimulate villus growth and crypt cell development of nursery pigs.

Technical Bulletin 33:

DPS is a digested protein, it has the double biosecurity benefit of high processing temperatures and proteolytic enzyme treatment. It is highly unlikely that any viruses can survive the DPS production.

Technical Bulletin 34:

Pigs preferred a diet containing flavored DPS versus a diet with non-flavored DPS.

Technical Bulletin 35:

Determining the effect of adding two levels of flavoring (low and high level) to Dried PorSol 50RD (DPS 50RD). There was no indication that the higher level of flavoring increased the preference exhibited by the pigs.

Technical Bulletin 36:

Dogs showed a numerical preference for a ration with 2% CPS 21 added. In the second trial dogs significantly preferred a ration with 2% CPS Ultra 21 added.

Technical Bulletin 37:

Examining the performance of DPS 30, Plasma and Tryptophan on feed intake in low Tryptophan diets for piglets. Piglets fed diets with DPS 30 or Plasma had higher feed intakes versus a control diet.

Technical Bulletin 38:

The Japanese government conducted several tests to determine the digestibility and availability of nutrients in DPS for pigs. These results showed that DPS is a highly digestible product for swine.

Technical Bulletin 39:

A trial was conducted at the University of Idaho by Dr. Ronald Hardy to determine the apparent digestibility coefficient (ADC) of DPS for rainbow trout. It was determined that DPS 45SD is highly digestible and could serve a vital purpose in fish feed applications.

Technical Bulletin 40:

A canine palatability test was conducted at Kennelwood Inc. Champaign, IL in March 2000 to examine dog preferences for Condensed PorSol Ultra (CPS Ultra) versus a pork liver digest (PLD) product. Dogs showed equal preference for diets spray coated with PLD or CPS Ultra.

Technical Bulletin 41:

A feeding trial was conducted at the University of Minnesota, by Drs. Lee Johnston, Sam Baidoo and Jerry Shurson, to examine the effect of PorSol (DPS) on the performance of lactating sows and their litters. Sows fed diets with DPS 30 during lactation had a linear increase in ADFI versus the control sows receiving no DPS 30.

Technical Bulletin 42:

In a feeding trial conducted by a major United States feed company, pigs were fed diets containing DPS 50RD to evaluate the effects of replacing fishmeal or plasma on growth performance.

Technical Bulletin 43:

DPS 50RD was used in a 5-week nursery trial to evaluate its effectiveness on growth performance of pigs weaned at 20 days of age. Dr. Hans Stein conducted this trial at South Dakota State University (SDSU).

Technical Bulletin 45:

In a study conducted by DeRouchey et al at Kansas State University, commercially available specialty protein products were evaluated in a 14-day growth assay with 20 day-old pigs.

Technical Bulletin 48:

A 5-week study was conducted by Dr. Hans Stein of the University of Illinois to evaluate the effects of dietary mannan products on the growth performance of 20 day-old weanling pigs.

Technical Bulletin 49:

A 35-day, phase 2 nursery trial was conducted at Kansas State University, by Dr. Joel DeRouchey et al. to evaluate the growth performance effects of including DPS 52 in the diets of 15 to 25 lb. pigs.

Technical Bulletin 50:

A research trial was conducted in April, 1999 by Dr. Cheng Ji at Agriculture University of China to examine: 1. The effects of DPS vs. other high quality proteins (fishmeal and plasma) on young pig performance. 2. The digestive enzyme activity and intestinal morphology of nursery pigs receiving various proteins (DPS, fishmeal and plasma).

Technical Bulletin 51:

Results show that the competitive sample contains 50-60% soybean protein carrier. DPS 50RD only contained 3-4% soybean protein carrier. This results in the competitive sample containing 40-50% peptone when compared to DPS 50RD at 96-97%. The price difference between the two products is clearly negated by the peptone/carrier concentrations.