Current Status and Potential of Moringa oleifera Leaf as an Alternative Protein Source for Animal Feeds

The increased consumption of livestock, poultry, and fish products in people's diet threatens to drive production toward the use of more and more conventional crops in animal feeds. In this context, alleviating the tightening grain crop supply and ensuring the healthy development of animal husb...

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Published in:Frontiers in veterinary science Vol. 7; p. 53
Main Authors: Su, Bin, Chen, Xiaoyang
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 26.02.2020
Subjects:
feeding effect
Moringa oleifera
nutritional value
processing methods
protein feedstuff
Veterinary Science
protein feedstuff
nutritional value
Moringa oleifera
processing methods
feeding effect
ISSN:2297-1769, 2297-1769
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Summary:The increased consumption of livestock, poultry, and fish products in people's diet threatens to drive production toward the use of more and more conventional crops in animal feeds. In this context, alleviating the tightening grain crop supply and ensuring the healthy development of animal husbandry through innovations in protein feedstuff production remain considerable challenges. is a miracle tree species with abundant nutrients, high protein biological value, and good feeding effect. As a new protein feedstuff, . has great potential in alleviating the feeding crisis. Here, we review available literature regarding the characterization of . in the field of animal husbandry in terms of nutrient content, digestion, and absorption characteristics, and feeding effects and present current challenges in using . as animal feed.
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Edited by: Manuel Gonzalez Ronquillo, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico
This article was submitted to Animal Nutrition and Metabolism, a section of the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Reviewed by: Maria Ligia Rodrigues Macedo, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil; Ahmed E. Kholif, National Research Centre, Egypt; Azra Yasmeen, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan
ISSN:2297-1769
2297-1769
DOI:10.3389/fvets.2020.00053