Dried blood meal is commonly used as a high-quality protein source in nursery pig diets. Growth studies have indicated that blood meal can be a better protein source than dried skim milk, fish meal, and soy protein concentrate. However, the growth effects of blood meal vary across studies; this may be due to differences in protein quality.
Limited data exist on digestibility of crude protein and amino acids in blood meal produced from different species and with different drying methods. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to measure apparent (AID) and standardized (SID) ileal digestibility of crude protein and amino acids in two sources of blood meal.