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H.-D. Haenel, U. Dämmgen, P. Laubach, C. Rösemann / Landbauforschung - vTI Agriculture and Forestry Research 3 2011 (61)217-228 217
Update of the calculation of metabolizable energy requirements for pigs in the German agricultural emission inventory
Hans-DieterHaenel*,1 UlrichDämmgen*,PetraLaubach**,2andClausRösemann*
* JohannHeinrichvonThünenInstitute(vTI),InstituteforAgriculturalClimateResearch,Bundesallee50,38116Braunschweig,Germany
** Association for Technology and Structures in Agriculture (KTBL e.V.), Bartningstr.49,64289Darmstadt,Germany
Abstract
ThecalculationoftheenergyrequirementsofpigsusedintheGermanagriculturalemissioninventoryisupdatedonthebasisoftherecommendationsworkedoutbytheGermanSocietyofNutritionPhysiology(GfE).Atthesametime thenumeric solutions hitherto used in the calcula-tions of energy requirements of weaners and fatteningpigsintheemissioninventoriesarereplacedbyanalyticalsolutions.This results insimplifications in thecalculationprocedures.In the inventory this leads to reduced energy require-
ments for fattening pigs. However, the energy require-mentsforsows,weanersandboarsincrease.
Keywords: pigs, energy requirements, model, emission in-ventory
Zusammenfassung
Aktualisierung der Berechnung des Bedarfs an um-setzbarer Energie von Schweinen im deutschen land-wirtschaftlichen Emissionsinventar
DieBerechnungdesBedarfsanumsetzbarerEnergiefürSchweineimdeutschenlandwirtschaftlichenEmissionsin-ventarwirdaktualisiert.GrundlagesinddievomAusschussfürBedarfsnormenderGesellschaftfürErnährungsphysi-ologie(GfE)erarbeitetenRichtwerte.Gleichzeitigwerdendie bisher im Emissionsinventar üblichen numerischenLösungenderBerechnungendesEnergiebedarfsfürAuf-zuchtferkelundMastschweinedurchanalytischeLösungenersetztunddamitdieRechenverfahrenvereinfacht.ImInventarergebensichdarausfürMastschweineeine
VerringerungdesEnergiebedarfs,fürSauen,Aufzuchtfer-kelundZuchteberjedochErhöhungen.
Schlüsselwörter: Schweine, Energiebedarf, Modell, Emis-sionsinventar
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1 Introduction
Agricultural production involves the emission of tracegaseswhoseeffectsontheatmosphereandtheenviron-mentmaybeadverse.Attemptstoreducetheseemissionspresupposetheirdetailedquantificationinawaythatal-lowsfortheidentificationandevaluationoftherelevantprocesses.Asemissionreductiongoalsarebeingdiscussedininternationalboards,therespectivepartiesusestandardapproaches todescribe andquantify emissions. Inordertoavoiddistortionofthemarkets,internationalguidancedocumentswereestablishedthatallowtheassessmentofemissionsandthedescriptionofemissionexplainingvari-ablesinaconsistentway(greenhousegases:IPCC,2006;airpollutants:EMEP/EEA,2009).Emissionshavetobereportedasconsistenttimeseries
fortheperiodfrom1990onwards.Forkeysources,calcu-lationsandreportinghavetobedetailed.Hencefatteningpigswillbetreatedmoresophisticatedthanboars.Atpresent,anattemptisbeingmadetobetterdescribe
emissions frompigproduction, includingthedescriptionof feed composition (Dämmgen et al., 2011), updatingemission factors (Dämmgenet al., 2010a) and technicalmeasurestoreduceemissionsfromhouses(Dämmgenetal.,2010b).Allemission ratesare related toexcretion rates.These
aredependingon feed intake rateswhicharegovernedbytheenergyandnutrientrequirementsoftherespectiveanimals.
Thisworkdescribesindetailtheassessmentoftheen-ergyrequirementsinpigproduction.Itisrestrictedtothefractionofenergythatcanbemetabolized(metabolizableenergy,ME).Hitherto, the assessment of energy requirements in pig
production in the German agricultural emission inventorywasbasedondataprovidedinGfE(1987).Meanwhile,therespective datawere updated and themethods improved(GfE,2006).Thecomprehensiverevisionofthedescriptionofemissionsfrompigproductionmakesuseofthisnewedition.Toalargeextent,theliteratureusedinGfE(2006)was
publishedduring the time spanunderlying the emissioninventory(theyearsfrom1990onwards).Hence,itisas-sumedthatthedataandmethodscompiledinGfE(2006)are representativeof thepast twodecadesandthat thecalculationproceduresderivedfromGfE(2006)areappli-cabletoalltheyearssince1990.Thisworkappliesandtransformstherelationsprovided
inGfE(2006)sothattheymeettheneedsoftheagricul-turalemissioninventory.
2 Definition of pig subcategories
Theassessmentofenergyrequirementsiscarriedoutforanimalpopulationswithsimilarfeeding.However,officialGermananimalsurveydatarelyonadifferentiationofani-malsaccordingtoweights.Hence,thesurveydatahavetobetransformedtofitintoenergyrequirementcalculationroutines.Table1comparesthecategoriesusedintheoffi-cialGermansurveyandintheGermanemissioninventory(seeHaeneletal.,2010).
Table1:
Pigs,categorizationandcharacterizationofsubcategories
descriptorintheofficialsurvey typea subcategoryintheemissioninventory weight1b weight2b
(inkganimal-1)
piglets ---c suckling-pigs 1.5 8
we weaners 8 variablewfin, we
youngpigslighterthan50kgliveweight
fp fatteningpigs variablewfin, we variablewfin, we
fatteningpigs50to80kg
fatteningpigs80to110kg
fatteningpigsheavierthan110kg
youngsowsgestating
so sows meanweight:220othersowsgestating
youngsowsnotgestating
othersowsnotgestating
boars bo breedingboars meanweight:200
atype:codeusedtodescribetheanimalcategoriesintheGermaninventory.bweight1:weightatthebeginningoftherespectiveperiod,weight2:weightattheendoftherespectiveperiod;wfin:variablefinalweight.csuckling-pigsdonotconstituteaseparateanimalcategory.Theyareaccountedforwithinthecalculationsofenergyandfeedrequirementsofthesows(seeHaeneletal.,2011)
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The subcategory “sows” covers all subcategories ofsows for breeding irrespective of their age andweight.Thecalculationofenergyandfeedrequirementsincludesthesuckling-pigsastheydonotconstituteaseparateani-malcategoryintheinventory(seeHaeneletal.,2011).Weanersareyoungpigsbetweenweaningandthebe-
ginningoffattening.Intheemissioninventory,thislifes-panisassumedtobeginatananimalweightofabout8kganimal-1.Itendswithweightsrangingfrom25toapprox.30kganimal-1 (dependingonyearandregion).Dataforwfin, weareavailableforeachyearanddistrict.Fatteningpigsareallpigsinthefinalfatteningstages,
i.e. with weights above about 25 to 30 kg animal-1 tillslaughtering(105to120kganimal-1liveweight).Again,dataforwfin, fpareavailableforeachyearanddistrict.Forsowsameanweightof220kganimal-1isestimated
asdiscussedbelow.Forbreedingboars,ameanliveweightof200kgani-
mal-1isassumed(expertjudgmentE.Schulz).Thecategoriesusedintheinventoryaredescribedinthe
subsequentchapters.ThevariableanimalweightsusedinTable1fortheinventorycategory“weaners”and“fatten-ingpigs”areobtainedfromofficialstatistics.Theweightdataforpigletsarebasedonexpertjudgment,whilethemeanweightsofsowsandboarswillbediscussedintherespectivechapters.
3 Sows
3.1 Total energy requirements during one reproduction cycle
Thetotalmetabolicenergy(ME)requirementsofasowduringoneround, i.e.duringonereproductioncycle, isgiven by Equation (1). It reflects that the reproductioncyclecomprisestwogestationphases,thelactationphaseandthetimespanbetweenweaningandcovering.
wtclact2 gest,1 gest,sow MEMEMEMEME ΣΣΣΣΣ
whereΣME sow totalmetabolizableenergyrequiredforone round(MJanimal-1round-1)ΣMEgest, 1 metabolizableenergyrequiredduringgestation phase1(inMJanimal-1round-1)ΣMEgest, 2 metabolizableenergyrequiredduringgestation phase2(inMJanimal-1round-1)ΣMElact metabolizableenergyrequiredduringlactation (inMJanimal-1round-1)ΣMEwtc metabolizableenergyrequiredbetweenwean- ingandcovering(inMJanimal-1round-1)
Thephase-relatedenergyrequirementswillbediscussedinthesubsequentchapters.
3.1.1 Energy requirements during gestation
The energy requirements for the development of theconception products, the uterus and the compensationofweightlossesduringthepreviousgestationhavetobetakenintoaccountinadditiontotheenergyrequirementsformaintenance(GfE,2006,pg.34f).ThegestationphasecanbesubdividedintotwoseparatephaseswithdifferentmeansofdailyMErequirementsMEgest, 1andMEgest, 2 (withjtheindexofday).GfE(2006),Table4.13,providesMEgest, 1andMEgest, 2data
dependingontheordinalnumberofpregnancyandtheweight loss during lactation. As no official statistics areavailableonthesecriteria, theGfEdatahavebeenaver-agedwithidenticalweightsyieldingMEgest, 1=33.3MJd
-1andMEgest, 2=40.7MJd
-1fortherespectiveperiods.TheMEdatainTable4.13inGfE(2006)representthe
energyrequirementswhenthesowisexpectedtogivebirthto13piglets.Atpresent,thispigletsnumberperlittermarks theupper limit inGermanpigletproduc-tion.Hence,theuseofMEgest, 1andMEgest, 2wouldavoidunderestimationof the energy requirements used fortheconstructionofemissiontimeseries.
3.1.2 Energy requirements during lactation
Duringthelactationperiod,energyisrequiredformain-tenanceandmilkproduction.Equation(2)definestheto-taldailyenergyrequirementsforthesow-pigletssystemasitisappliedintheinventory.
raisedpiglets,milkjsow, m,jlact, nMEME ⋅ η (2)
whereMElact, j dailymetabolizableenergyrequiredondayj duringlactation(inMJanimal-1d-1)j indexofdayMEm, sow, j dailymetabolizableenergyrequiredformain- tenanceondayj(inMJanimal-1d-1,seebelow)ηmilk specificmetabolizableenergyrequiredformilk production(inMJpiglet-1d-1,seebelow)npiglets, raised numberofpigletsraisedpersowandbirth(in piglet,seebelow)
Thetotalenergyrequirementsformaintenanceduringagestationphasearecalculatedfromthedailyrequirementsformaintenancewhicharegiven inGfE (2006),pg.23,Equation7:
j met,sow m,ME,jsow,m, wME ⋅η (3)
(1)
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whereMEm, sow, j metabolizableenergyrequiredformaintenance fordayj(inMJanimal-1d-1)j indexofdayηME, m, ,sow specificmetabolizableenergyrequiredfor maintenance(ηME, m, ,sow=0.44MJperkgof metabolicweight,seefootnotetoTable4.13 inGfE,2006)wmet, j metabolicweightondayj(inkganimal-1)
The metabolic weight, wmet, j, is a function of animalweight1:
75.0
unit
jsow,unitj met,
⋅ww
ww (4)
wherewmet, j metabolicweightondayj(inkganimal
-1)wsow, j dailymeanofliveweightondayj(inkganimal
-1, seebelow)wunit unitweight(wunit=1kganimal
-1)
Intheinventorythedailymeanofliveweight,wsow, j,isreplacedbythesowweightaveragedovertheentirere-productioncycle,seeChapter3.3.Thespecificmetabolizableenergyrequiredformilkpro-
duction,ηmilk,canbederivedfromthedataprovidedinthefootnotestoTable4.17inGfE(2006),pg.81:productionofmilkperkgpigletweightgain(4.1kgkg-1),energycontentofmilk (5.0MJkg-1),percentageofmetabolizableenergyusedformilkproduction(70%).Thesedataleadtoηmilk=6.8MJpiglet-1d-1,whenbeingcombinedwithanaverageestimate for daily pigletweight gain of 232 g piglet-1 d-1whichisobtainedfrombirthandweaningweightsandthedurationofthelactationphase(seeTable2).Thenumberofpigletsper litter canbededuced from
the number of piglets raised per sow and year and thedurationofaproductioncycle(seeTable2).
α
τ roundyearpiglets,raisedpiglets, ⋅ nn (5)
wherenpiglets, raised numberofpigletsraisedpersowandbirth(in piglet)npiglets, year numberofpigletsraisedpersowandyear birth(inpiglet)τround durationofpigletproductioncycle(indround-1)α timeunitsconversionfactor(α =365da-1)
1 Formally, Equation (4)differs from the respectivedescriptiongiven inGfE(2006), pg. 23, Equation 7, i. e. LM0.75where LM is animalweight. ThetermLM0.75wouldimplyunitsofkg0.75whichisnotallowedintheSIsystem.ThisproblemisavoidedbyEquation(4)whichneverthelessyieldsthesamenumericresultlikeLM0.75.
Note that Equation (2) does not explicitly account forthe possible gains of metabolizable energy by weightlossesduringlactationand/oradditionalpigletfeed(GfE,2006, pg. 38) as there are no official statistical data todescribethesecontributions.However,Equation(2)coversawiderangeofMErequirementsdataprovidedinTable4.17inGfE(2006).Henceitisassumedthat,onaverage,Equation(2)describestheGermansituationadequately.Table2listsresultsofEquation(2)obtainedforarange
ofpigletnumbers.
3.1.3 Energy requirements between weaning and covering
For the period between weaning and covering, GfE(2006), pg. 72, assume the same total daily energy re-quirementsasforadvancedgestation.
2gest,jwtc, MEME (6)
whereMEwtc, j dailymetabolizableenergyrequiredduringthe phase“weaningtocovering”(inMJanimal-1d-1)j indexofdayMEgest, 2 dailymetabolizableenergyrequiredduring advancedgestation(inMJanimal-1d-1),see Chapter3.1.1
3.2 Cumulative energy requirements and comparison with the former approach
Table 2 lists the daily requirements for the differentphases(seeChapters3.1.1to3.1.3)aswellasthedura-tionoftherespectivephases.
Table2:
Sows,energyrequirementsasusedintheinventory.Fordetailsseetext.
phase dura-tionind
numberofpigletspersowperbirth
energyrequire-ments***,revisedap-proachinMJanimal-1d-1
energyrequire-ments,formerapproach*inMJanimal-1d-1
gestationphase1 84* 33.3 25
phase2 30* 40.7 29
lactating 28** 8 79.5 56
9 86.3
10 93.1 67
11 99.9
12 106.7 77
13 113.5
weaningtocovering 27* 40.7 29
*basedonGfE(1987),seealsoDämmgenetal.(2007);
**inconnectionwithaweaningweightof8kgpiglet-1(expertjudgmentE.Schulz);
***basedonGfE(2006)
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Table 2 also allows for a comparison with the valueshithertousedwhichwerebasedonGfE(1987)(seeDäm-mgenetal.,2007)andconsiderablyfallbelowthoseob-tainedwiththenewapproach.The cumulative energy requirements, i. e. the total of
energyrequiredduringonereproductioncycle,isprovidedinTable3.
Table3:
Sows,totalofenergyrequiredduringonereproductioncycle(ΣME sow)
numberofpiglets 8 9 10 11 12 13
ΣMEsow(inMJanimal-1round-1)
7166 7331 7496 7661 7826 7992
3.3 Animal weights
3.3.1 Estimation of mean sow weight
Ingeneral,theliveweightofasowisnotaconstantdur-ingthereproductioncycle.Theweightgainduringgesta-tioncompensatestheweightlossduringlactationintheprecedent reproduction cycle and comprises theweightgainoftheconceptionproductsandthemammaryglandaswellastheweightgainofthesowitself.Table4showstypicalweightchangedata(takenfromTable4.13inGfE,2006).Aweightof255kganimal-1isconsideredatypicalfinalliveweight(DLG,2008,pg.13).
Table4:
Sows,animalweights(wsow)andweightchanges(Δwsow)asafunctionofthenumberofgravidity(ngr).Allweightdatainkganimal
-1.(Source:GfE,2006,Table4.13.)
Δwsow duringlactation
ngr 1 2 3 4
0wsowatcovering 140 185 225 255
Δwsowduringgravidity 70 65 55 25
-10wsowatcovering 140 185 225 255
Δwsowduringgravidity 80 75 65 35
-20wsowatcovering 185 225 255
Δwsowduringgravidity 85 75 45
However, theseweight changes cannot be accountedforintheinventoryasthetimespantakenbyonerepro-ductioncycleisshorterthantheinventorytimestepwhichisoneyear.Henceenergyconsiderationsfortheinventoryhavetobebasedonameansowweight.SimplyaveragingtheweightsatcoveringaslistedinTable4yields2.1∙102kganimal-1.Howeverasthisestimatemaybebiasedbyarelativeunder-representationoffullygrown-upsows,theinventoryassumesameansowweightof2.2∙102kgani-
mal-1,whichisthearithmeticmeanoftheweightsatcov-eringforthesecondandthefourthgestation. It ignoresthelowestweightinordertoroughlycompensatefortheunder-representedhighestweight.
3.3.2 Mean piglet weights at birth and weaning
Forpiglets,theinventoryisbasedonabirthweightof1.5kgpiglet-1.Thiscanbederivedfromfeedingrecom-mendations in DLG (2008), Table 4.1, where the pigletweightafterthefirstweekwithadailyweightgainof0.2kgpiglet-1d-1reaches2.9kgpiglet-1.According to expert judgment (E. Schulz) the typical
weaningweightisassumedtobe8kgpiglet-1inconnec-tionwithalactationphasedurationof28days(seeTable2).
4 Weaners
Forweaners, themetabolicenergy requirementscom-prisetherequirementsforbothmaintenanceandgrowth.TheyarecalculatedaccordingtotherecommendationsinGfE(2006).
∑∑
⋅⋅Σfinfin k
1jj we,g,day
k
1jj we,m,daywe MEMEME ττ (7)
whereΣME we totalmetabolizableenergyrequired(MJanimal-1 round-1)j indexofdaykfin numberofthefinaldayoftheweaners’lifespanτday unittimeperiod(τday=1dround
-1)MEm, we, j metabolizableenergyrequiredformainte- nancefordayj(inMJanimal-1d-1)MEg, we, j metabolizableenergyrequiredforgrowthfor dayj(inMJanimal-1d-1)
4.1 Daily energy requirements
Dailyenergyrequirementsformaintenancewithwean-ersaredefinedasfollows(cf.discussionChapter3.1.2).
75.0
unit
jwe,unitwem, ME,jwe,m,
⋅⋅ww
wME η (8)
whereMEm, we, j metabolizableenergyrequiredformaintenance fordayj(inMJanimal-1d-1)j indexofdayηME, m, we specificmetabolizableenergyrequiredfor maintenance(ηME, m, we=1.25∙0.44MJkg
-1d-1, GfE,2006,pg.23)wwe, j meanweanerliveweightondayj(inkganimal-1)wunit unitweight(wunit=1kganimal
-1)
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The energy requireddaily for growth is calculated ac-cordingto:
j we,jwe,g, ME,j we,g,
∆∆
⋅twME η (9)
whereMEg, we, j metabolizableenergyconsumedfordailygrowth ondayj(inMJanimal-1d-1)j indexofdayηME, g, we, j specificmetabolizableenergyrequiredforgrowth ondayj(inMJkg-1,seebelow)(Δw/Δt)we, jdailyweightgainperanimalanddayj(inkg animal-1d-1)
Thespecificmetabolizableenergyrequiredforgrowthisafunctionofproteinandfatgains,henceafunctionofage:
wepf,
jwe,wef,we wep,j we,g, ME, k
FP ⋅⋅
ααη (10)
whereηME, g, we, j day-dependentspecificmetabolizableenergy requiredforgrowth(inMJkg-1)j indexofdayα energycontentofprotein(α =23.8MJkg-1p, we p, we , seeGfE,2006,pg.32)αf, we energycontentoffat(αf, we=39.7MJkg
-1,see GfE,2006,pg.33)kpf , we partialefficiency(kpf, we=0.7MJMJ
-1,see GfE,2006,pg.33)Pwe constantratioofproteingaintoweightgain (Pwe=0.17kgkg
-1,seeGfE,2006,pg.29)Fwe, j day-dependentratiooffatgaintoweightgain (inkgkg-1,seebelow)
According to GfE (2006), pg. 30, the fat content isabout110gkg-1foraliveweightof10kgand170gkg-1foraliveweightof30kg.Fromthisthefollowinglinearequationisdeduced:
j we,weF,weF,jwe, wbaF ⋅ (11)
whereFwe, j day-dependentratiooffatgaintoweightgain (inkgkg-1)j indexofdayaF, we constant(aF, we=0.08kgkg
-1)b -1
F, we constant(bF, we=0.003kg animal)wwe, j meanweanerliveweightondayj(inkganimal
-1)
4.2 Cumulative energy requirements and animal weights
AccordingtoEquation(7),theenergyrequirementshavetobecalculatedseparatelyforeachsingledaytoobtain
(12)
the cumulative energy requirements. Thiswould requireabout50calculationsteps.However,Equation(7)canbetransformedintoaninte-
gralequationyieldingthecumulativeenergyrequirementsin just one calculation step. This transformationpresup-posestheknowledgeaboutthedevelopmentofthedailyweightgainrate.ThelatterisafunctionofanimalweightasshowninFigure1.
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
5 10 15 20 25 30 35
live weight [kg animal ]-1
daily w
eig
ht gain
[g a
nim
al
d]
-1-1
Figure1:
Weaners,weightgainasafunctionofliveweight.Exemplaryvariabledata:squares(LfL,2004);solidline:linearapproximation.
Calculations made for comparison purposes with thetotalenergysummationequationgivenaboveshowthat,withoutarelevanterror,thetotalenergymayalsobecal-culatedbasedontheassumptionofaconstant(i.e.mean)weightgainrate.IntegrationthenleadstoarelationfortheMEamount
required for maintenance and growth between animalweightswwe, 0andwwe, 1(fordetailsseeAppendix):
)(
1.75),(
0we,1we,weg, ME,
75.1
unit
0we,75.1
unit
1we,
2unit
wem,ME,1we,0we,we
wwww
ww
gw
wwME
−⋅
−
⋅⋅
⋅Σ
∗η
η
whereΣMEwe(wwe, 0, wwe, 1) MErequiredforthephasebetween theweightswwe, 0and wwe, 1 (inMJanimal-1round-1)ηME, m, we specificmetabolizableenergyre- quiredformaintenance(inMJkg-1d-1)wunit unitweight(wunit=1kganimal
-1)wwe,0, wwe,1 animalweightslimitingaspecial phasebetweenweaningandfattening, withw -1
we, 0 < wwe, 1(inkganimal )g meandailyweightgainduringthe entireperiodbetweenweaningand fattening(inkganimal-1d-1)
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(13)
and
⋅⋅⋅
⋅∗
2
1
1we,0we,weF,weF,wef,wewep,
wepf, weg, ME,
wwbaP
k
αα
η
whereη*ME, g, we effectivespecificmetabolizableenergyrequired forgrowth,tobeusedfortheentireperiod betweenweaningandfattening(inMJkg-1)αp, we energycontentofprotein(αp, we=23.8MJkg
-1, seeGfE,2006,pg.32)αf, we energycontentoffat(αf, we=39.7MJkg
-1,see GfE,2006,pg.33)kpf , we partialefficiency(kp, we=0.7MJMJ
-1,see GfE,2006,pg.33)Pwe constantratioofproteingaintoweightgain (Pwe=0.17kgkg
-1,seeGfE,2006,pg.29)aF, we constant(a -
F, we=0.08kgkg1,seeEquation(11))
bF, we constant(bF, we=0.003kg-1animal,
seeEquation(11))wwe,0, wwe,1 animalweightslimitingaspecialfattening phase,withwwe, 0< wwe, 1(inkganimal
-1)
Theresultsobtainedwiththisone-stepcalculationpro-cedurearealmostidenticalwiththemulti-stepapproachusingEquation(7).Thedifferenceisintherangeof0.0002%.Equation (12) canbeused to calculate theenergy re-
quirements of single feeding phases. It requires theknowledgeofweightsratherthandaysasisthecasewithEquation(7).Thisisinlinewiththefactthatinformationregardingphase feedingofweaners is basedon animalweights.Theinitialweanerweightisidenticaltotheweightofa
suckling-pigattheendofthelactationperiod.Inthein-ventory,itisassumedtobe8kganimal-1.Thefinalweightoftheweaners’productionphaseequalsthestartweightofthefatteningprocess.Itisintherangeofabout25kganimal-1to33kganimal-1.Atypicalmeanvalueofthedailygrowthrateis420ganimal-1d-1(KTBL,2008,pg.636).Exemplarytotalenergyrequirementsforastartweight
of8.5kganimal-1,anaveragefinalweightof29kgani-mal-1 andameanweightgainof420ganimal-1d-1 are516.4MJanimal-1.
4.3 Comparison with the former approach
Figure2displaysdailyMErequirementsdataprovidedinGfE(1987),pg.54,comparedtorespectivedataascalcu-latedwithEquation(12)basedonGfE(2006).
2.5
5.0
7.5
10.0
12.5
15.0
17.5
2.5 5.0 7.5 10.0 12.5 15.0 17.5
weaners
,daily M
E, G
fE 1
987 [M
J a
nim
al
d]
-1-1
weaners,daily ME, GfE 2006 [MJ animal d ]-1 -1
Figure2:
Weaners,dailyMErequirements,GfE(1987)datacomparedtocalcu-lationsaccordingtoEquation(12)basedonGfE(2006).Dottedline:1to1line;solidline:regression(intercept:0,slope:0.9952,R2=0.953).
FromFigure2westatethatfortherangeofMErequire-mentstypical fortheearly1990iesthere isnosubstantialdifferencebetweentheMErecommendationsgiveninGfE(1987)undGfE(2006).Thus,the inventorymakesuseoftheGfE(2006)calculationmethodfortheentiretimeseriesfrom1990onwards.
5 Fattening pigs
Forfatteningpigs,themetabolicenergy(ME)requirementscomprisetherequirementsforbothmaintenanceandgrowth.ThetotalMErequiredforafatteningperiodisgivenby
∑∑
⋅⋅Σfinfin k
1jjfp, g,day
k
1jjfp, m,dayfp MEMEME ττ (14)
whereΣME fp totalmetabolizableenergyrequired (inMJanimal-1round-1)kfin numberofthefinaldayofthefatteningperiodτday unittimeperiod(τday=1dround
-1)j indexofdayMEm, fp, j metabolizableenergyrequiredformaintenance fordayj(inMJanimal-1d-1)MEg, fp, j metabolizableenergyrequiredforgrowthfor dayj(inMJanimal-1d-1)
5.1 Daily energy requirements
Thedailyenergyrequirementformaintenanceisdefinedby(cf.discussionChapter3.1.2):
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75.0
unit
jfp,unitfp m, ME,jfp, m,
⋅⋅ww
wME η (15)
whereMEm, fp, j metabolizableenergyrequiredformaintenance fordayj(inMJanimal-1d-1)ηME, m, fp specificmetabolizableenergyrequiredformainte- nance(inMJkg-1d-1,seebelow)wfp, j liveweightondayj(inkganimal-1)wunit unitweight(wunit=1kganimal
-1)
AccordingtoGfE(2006),pg.23,thespecificenergyformaintenancecanbedescribedby
−−
⋅−⋅BA
Bjfp,mmnfp, m, ME,fpm, ME, ww
wwbaηη (16)
whereηME, m, fp specificmetabolizableenergyrequiredformainte- nance(inMJkg-1d-1)ηME, m, fp, n referencevalueofspecificmetabolizableenergy formaintenance(η -1
ME, m, fp, n=0.44MJkgd-1,
GfE,2006,pg.23)am constant(am=1.25MJMJ
-1)b constant(b =0.25MJMJ-1m m )wfp, j liveweightondayj(inkganimal-1)wA, wB thresholdsanimalweights(inkganimal-1,see below)
GfE(2006)usesw =30kganimal-1A andwB=100kgani-mal-1.GfE(2006)appliesEquation(16)alsotoanimalweightsfallingbelowwAandexceedingwB.Then,incaseofanimalweightssmallerthanwA,theterminbracketsissetequaltoam,whileforweightslargerthanwBitequalsam – bm.Theenergyrequiredforgrowthiscalculatedaccordingto:
jfp,jfp,g, ME,jfp, g,
∆∆
⋅twME η (17)
whereMEg, fp, j metabolizableenergyrequiredfordailygrowth ondayj(inMJanimal-1d-1)j indexofdayηME, g, fp, j specificmetabolizableenergyrequiredfor growthondayj(inMJkg-1,seebelow)(Δw/Δt)fp, j dailyweightgainperanimalanddayj(inkg animal-1d-1)
Thespecificenergyrequirementsforgrowth,ηME, g, fp, j,isafunctionofproteinandfatgains,whichmeans,itisalsoafunctionoflifetime:
j
f
fj
p
pj fp, g, ME, F
kP
k⋅⋅
ααη (18)
whereηME, g, fp, j specificmetabolizableenergyrequiredfor growthondayj(inMJkg-1)j indexofdayαp energycontentofprotein(αp=23.8MJkg
-1, seeGfE,2006,pg.32)αf energycontentoffat(αf=39.7MJkg
-1,see GfE,2006,pg.33)kp partialefficiency(kp=0.56MJMJ
-1,seeGfE, 2006,pg.33)kf partialefficiency(k -1
f=0.74MJMJ ,seeGfE, 2006,pg.33)Pj day-dependentratioofproteingaintoweight gain(inkgkg-1,seebelow)Fj day-dependentratiooffatgaintoweightgain (inkgkg-1,seebelow)
TherelativeproteingainP isobtainedfromtheEqua-tion(8)inGfE(2006)differentiatedwithrespecttoanimalweight.
j fp,PPj wbaP ⋅− (19)
wherePj day-dependentratioofproteingaintoweight gain(inkgkg-1,seebelow)j indexofdayaP constant(aP=0.168kgkg
-1)b -1
P constant(bP=0.0001828kg animal)wfp, j liveweightondayj(inkganimal-1)
DifferentiationofEquation(9)inGfE(2006)withrespecttoanimalweightyieldstherelativefatgainF.Acorrectionfactorof0.94kgkg-1hastobetakenintoaccount(GfE,2006,pp.28and31).
)( j fp,FFFj wcbaF ⋅⋅ (20)
whereFj day-dependentratiooffatgaintoweightgain (inkgkg-1)j indexofdayaF constant(a -1
F=0.94kgkg )bF constant(bF=0.1162kgkg
-1)cF constant(cF=0.002778kg
-1animal)wfp, j liveweightondayj(inkganimal-1)
5.2 Cumulative energy requirements and animal weights
By analogy to the procedure used for weaners (seeChapter4.2)thesummationformula(14)istransformedintoanequation thatallows tocalculate thecumulativemetabolizableenergybyonesinglecalculationsteprather
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than summing up daily energy requirementswithmorethanahundredsinglesteps(fordetailsofthetransforma-tionprocessseeAppendix).Inordertoaccountforthefactthatthespecificmetab-
olizableenergyηME, m isdefined separately for theanimalweightintervals“fallingbelow30kganimal-1“,“30to100kganimal-1“and“exceeding100kganimal-1“,thetransfor-mationhastobeperformedseparatelyfortheseintervals.
As for weaners, the transformation is performed un-dertheassumptionofaconstant(i.e.mean)weightgainrate (cf. also Dämmgen et al., 2009, pg. 178). Integra-tionthenleadstoanequationfortheamountofMEre-quired for the growth between animal weightsw0 andw1,wherew0andw1representwfp, 0andwfp, 1,respectively:
(21)
(22)
)(),,(),,,(),,(),( 01g ME,
B103BA102A101nm,ME,10fp ww
gwwwwwwwwwwwwME −⋅
⋅Σ ∗ηϕϕϕη
whereMEfp(w0, w1) MErequiredforthefatteningphasebetweentheweightsw -1
0and w1(inMJanimal ME)ηME, m, n referencevalueofspecificmetabolizableenergyformaintenance(ηME, m, n=0.44MJkg
-1d-1,GfE,2006,pg.23)w0, w1 animalweightslimitingaspecialfatteningphase,withw0< w1(inkganimal
-1ME)wA, wB thresholdsofanimalweight(inkganimal-1,seeChapter5.1)g meandailyweightgainduringtheentirefatteningperiod(inkganimal-1d-1)
and
−
⋅
⋅
75.1
unit
A075.1
unit
A12unitm
1),min(,min(
1.75 www
wwwwa
ϕ
−
⋅
−⋅
⋅
−
−
⋅
−
⋅⋅
75.2
unit
A0B75.2
unit
B1A
AB
3unitm
75.1
unit
A0B75.1
unit
B1A
AB
Amm
2unit
2
)),max(,min()),min(,max(
)(2.75
)),max(,min()),min((,max(1.75
wwww
wwww
ww
wb
wwww
wwww
ww
wba
wϕ
−
⋅
75.1
unit
B075.1
unit
B12unit
3),max(),max(
1.75 www
wwww
ϕ
⋅⋅⋅
⋅−⋅∗
2210
FFFf
f10PP
p
pg ME,
wwcbak
wwba
kαα
η
whereφ φ φ functionsofw , w w ,andw (inkg2animal-21, 2, 3 0 1, A B )w0, w1 animalweightslimitingaspecialfatteningphase,withw0< w1(inkganimal
-1)wA, wB animalweightthresholds(inkganimal-1,seeChapter5.1)wunit unitweight(wunit=1kganimal
-1)am constant(am=1.25MJMJ
-1,GfE,2006,pg.23)bm constant(bm=0.25MJMJ
-1,GfE,2006,pg.23)η*ME, g meanspecificmetabolizableenergyrequiredforgrowth,seeabove(inMJkg-1)αp coefficient(αp =23.8MJkg
-1,seeGfE,2006,pg.32)kp coefficient(kp=0.56MJMJ
-1,seeGfE,2006,pg.33)aP constant(aP=0.168kgkg
-1,seeabove)
(23)
(24)
(25)
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bP constant(bP=0.0001828kg-1animal,seeabove)
αf coefficient(αf=39.7MJkg-1,seeGfE,2006,pg.33)
kf coefficient(kf=0.74MJMJ-1,seeGfE,2006,pg.33)
aF constant(aF=0.94kgkg-1,seeabove)
bF constant(bF=0.1162kgkg-1,seeabove)
cF constant(cF=0.002778kg-1animal,seeabove)
Again,exemplarycomparisonsbetweentheresultsob-tainedwiththeapplicationofEquations(14)and(21)ffshowsaperfectagreement(relativedeviation0.0001%).According to the data compilation in Haenel et al.
(2010), Chapter 5.5.1.2, the initial weight of fatteningpigsisintherangeofabout25kganimal-1to33kgani-mal-1while thefinalweight is between105kganimal-1
and120kganimal-1;averagingthedailygrowthrateoverthetwodecadesfrom1990onandoverallfederalstatesyieldsabout680ganimal-1d-1.Exemplary total energy requirements for amean start
weightof29kganimal-1,ameanfinalweightof113kganimal-1andameandailyweightgainof680ganimal-1d-1(witharesultingfatteningperioddurationof124days)are3,3GJanimal-1.
5.3 Comparison with the former approach
Figure3displaysdailyMErequirementsdataprovidedinGfE(1987),pg.35,comparedtorespectivedataascalcu-latedwithEquation(21)accordingtoGfE(2006).
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
10 15 20 25 30 35 40
fatteners, daily ME, GfE 2006 [MJ animals d ]-1 -1
fatteners
, daily M
E, G
fE 1
987
[MJ a
nim
al
d]
-1-1
Figure3:
Fatteners,dailyMErequirements,GfE(1987)datacomparedtocal-culationsaccordingtoEquation(21)basedonGfE(2006)(squares).Dottedline:1to1line.
TheMErequirementsascalculatedusingtheGfE(1987)approachexceedthoseobtainedwithEquation(21)basedonGfE(2006)byupto12%.GfE(2006),pg.27ff,ex-plain thiswith thedifferentexperimentaldataavailable.However,the2006GfEeditionisbasedondatapublished
since1980whichleadstotheassumptionthattheenergyrequirementsrecommendations inthiseditionshouldbeappropriatetodescribethesituationintheyearscoveredbytheinventory,i.e.thepasttwodecades.
6 Breeding boars
Forbreedingboars,themetabolicenergyrequirementscomprise the requirements for both maintenance andgrowth.However,asthecontributionofboarstotheover-allemissionsfrompighusbandryisalmostnegligible,theinventorysimplyassumesallboarscountedbytheofficialsurveytobebreedingboarswhoseweightgainisrestrict-ed(GfE,2006,pg.84).Duetothebreedingboars’limitedimportanceandthe
scarcityofdata(GfE,2006,pg.84)theinventorydoesnotattempttomodelenergyrequirementsofboars.WhileGfE(1987),pg.68,suggestedmeanMErequirementsof30MJanimal-1d-1,GfE(2006),pg.84,recommendsarangeof30to35MJanimal-1d-1.Aroughestimatebasedonthedataprovided inGfE(2006),pg.83,andtheuseofMEcalculationapproachforfatteningpigsindicatesthatthevalueof35MJanimal-1d-1matchesameanboarweightofabout200kganimal-1(expertjudgmentE.Schulz)betterthan30MJanimal-1d-1.HencetheinventoryassumesdailyMErequirementsof35MJanimal-1d-1leadingtocumula-tiveannualrequirementsof12775MJanimal-1a-1.
7 Conclusions
Itisgoodpracticetousethebestdataavailabletocon-struct emission inventories. For pigs, the national situa-tionhadformerlybeenreflected inadatasetpublishedinGfE (1987)withbackground informationdating fromthe1970sandearly1980s.TheupdatedmethodologiesanddatapublishedinGfE(2006)werearemarkablestepforwardwithrespecttothereliabilityandaccuracyoftheGermanagriculturalemissioninventory.Theuseofequa-tionsratherthantablesallowsforasimplertreatmentofvariableenergyrequirementcalculations.Forthemostimportantsubcategory,i.e.fatteningpigs,
theapplicationof theupdatedGfE (2006)methodologyresultsinreducedenergyrequirements,henceinreducedexcretionratesforfaecesandurineundsubsequentlyre-ducedemissions.Theoppositeisthecaseforsows,wean-
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ers andboars, but this is outweighedby the reductionsachievedforfatteningpigs.
Acknowledgement
The authors express their thanks to Dr Edgar Schulz,co-authorofGfE(2006)forhisdetailedandconstructivereview.
Appendix: Derivation of a closed mathematical descrip-tion of the cumulative ME requirements of weaners
Cumulative energy requirements can be calculated byaddingupdailyrequirementsoverthetimespanconsidered:
∑
⋅Σfink
1jjwe,daywe MEME τ (A1)
whereΣMEwe totalmetabolizableenergyrequiredbetween weaningandfattening(inMJanimal-1round-1ME)τday unittimeperiod(τday=1dround
-1)j indexofdaykfin numberofthefinaldayoftheweaners’lifespanMEwe, j metabolizableenergyrequiredformaintenance andgrowthondayj(inMJanimal-1d-1ME)
In the German agricultural inventory, equations hadbeenderivedusingdata inGfE (1987) that expressed asumlikeEquation(A1)inasingleequationusingafittedpower series (Dämmgenet al., 2007). The latterhad tobe replacedwith theuseofnewdataaccording toGfE(2006). Itwas decided to base the derivation of a newsingleequationonmathematicalintegrationinsteadoffit-tingpowerseries.Asapreparation for themathematical solution,Equa-
tion(A1)hastoberewrittenasdifferencequotient:
)()(
jwe,jwe,jwe wMEMEME
∆
Σ∆τ
(A2)
whereΔ(ΣMEwe) incrementoftotalmetabolizableenergyrequired betweenweaningandfattening(inMJanimal-1 round-1ME)Δτ timeincrement(Δτ = τday =1dround
-1)j indexofdayMEwe, j metabolizableenergyrequiredformaintenance andgrowthondayj(inMJanimal-1d-1ME)wwe, j meanweanerliveweightondayj(inkganimal-1)
Itisplausiblethatthisprocedureisvalidnotonlyfordai-ly timestepsbutalso for infinitesimally small timesteps.Hencethedifferencequotientcanbetransformedinadif-
ferentialquotientforeachtimeτ’k.Here,τ’isacompart-mentalizedtimescale(insround-1)thatisconnectedtothetimescaleτ(indround-1)byatimeunitsconversionfactor.
)())(('d
)(d ''kwe
1we'k
ττγτ τ fwMEME
⋅Σ − (A3)
where(ΣMEwe) incrementoftotalmetabolizableenergyrequired betweenweaningandfattening(inMJanimal-1 round-1ME)τ’ time(insround-1)τ’ -1
k specifictime(insround )γ timeunitsconversionfactor(γ=86400sd-1)wwe(τ’k) meanweanerliveweightattimeτ’k(inkg animal-1)
and
gewdcwaf ⋅⋅⋅⋅ −we
bwe
1' )()( γτ (A4)
wheref(τ’) metabolizableenergyrequiredperanimal andsecond(inMJanimal-1s-1ME)γ timeunitsconversionfactor(γ =86400sd-1)a, b, c, d, e, g seetextbelowwwe = wwe(τ’) timedependentmeanweanerliveweight (inkganimal-1)
Theentitiesa, b, c, d, eandgoriginatefromthecompari-sonoftheequationsdescribingtheenergyrequirementsformaintenanceandgrowth(Chapter4.1).Inparticular,g denotesaconstantgrowthrate.Integration of f(τ’) leads to the cumulative energy re-
quirements:
∫Σ
'1
0
''wewe d))((
τ
ττwfME (A5)
whereΣMEwe totalmetabolizableenergyrequiredbetween weaningandfattening(inMJanimal-1round-1ME)τ’ time(insround-1)f(wwe(τ’)) metabolizableenergyrequiredperanimaland second(inMJanimal-1s-1ME)wwe(τ’) timedependentmeanweanerliveweight(in kganimal-1)
and
dayfin'1 k τγτ ⋅⋅ (A6)
whereτ’1 timeoftheendoftheweaners’lifespan(in sround-1)
228
γ timeunitsconversionfactor(γ =86400sd-1)kfin numberofthefinaldayoftheweaners’lifespanτday unittimeperiod(τday=1dround
-1)
TheentitygcanbeusedinEquation(A5)tosubstitutetheindependentvariabletimebyweight
∫⋅Σ1we,
0we,
wewewe d)(w
w
wwfg
ME γ (A7)
whereΣMEwe totalmetabolizableenergyrequiredbetween weaningandfattening-period(inMJanimal-1 round-1ME)γ timeunitsconversionfactor(γ =86400sd-1)g animalweightgainperunittime(in kganimal-1d-1)f(wwe) metabolizableenergyrequiredperanimaland second(inMJanimal-1s-1ME)wwe meanweanerliveweight(inkganimal-1)wwe, 0 meanweanerliveweightatweaning(inkg animal-1)wwe, 1 meanweanerlivebeginattheendofthe fatteningperiod(inkganimal-1)
Executionoftheintegralandsubsequentre-substitutionoftheentitiesa, b, c, d, e and ginf(wwe)resultsinEquation(12)inChapter4.2.
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