Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

The current demand for lamb meat products far exceeds the national supply. A major challenge towardsx000D
improving domestic supply is the refinement of cost-effective feeding strategies. This project aims to evaluatex000D
practical feeding strategies that can be used to improve finishing lamb productivity, lamb carcassx000D
characteristics, and cost-effectiveness while considering potential impacts on the environment. To address thex000D
aim, lambs will be fed finishing diets containing a low but adequate crude protein, low but adequate crudex000D
protein diet with added lipid, high crude protein diet without fat, and high crude protein without added lipidx000D
using distillers dry grains with solubles to increase dietary crude protein, or a high crude protein diet withx000D
added lipid using heat damaged whole canola seed to increase both lipid and crude protein. It should be notedx000D
that these feeding strategies represent practical strategies and utilize byproduct feeds that do not enter thex000D
human food chain. It is also anticipated that the diets with added lipid would reduce methane emissions and thex000D
low crude protein diets would improve the efficiency of nitrogen use by the lambs. This study will providex000D
important information to help improve our knowledge on finishing lamb production and provide a benefit tox000D
Canadians by helping to stabilize supply and cost.