Use of Cereal Byproducts in Animal Nutrition
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 15026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal nutrition; by-product; glycerin; digestibility; pigs; ruminants
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Commercial processing of cereal grains for human consumption results in large quantities of byproducts and waste, which are often used as animal feed. Byproducts of the cereal-based processing industry consist mostly of the germ and outer layers (bran). They arise from dry or wet milling (to produce flour or glucose in the bread and starch industries, respectively). Cereal byproducts are also generated from the beer‐brewing process and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, in which brewers' spent grain is the major byproduct. Besides the food industry, cereals are used as the largest source for bioethanol production and other renewable biofuels such as biodiesel. Dried distillers grains with solubles and crude glycerin are the most important byproducts of the bioethanol and biodiesel industries, respectively. Obviously, the nature and nutritive value of all these byproducts (and others not mentioned above) as livestock feed resources are influenced by the particular cereal concerned and the specific conditions of its processing.
On the other hand, the agro-food sector faces serious problems such as resource scarcity and waste generation along the supply chain. In the particular case of livestock production, animal nutrition could be a serious constraint to its development if not accompanied by increased availability of raw materials. Along the same lines, the use of some byproducts of the agro-food industry and other industrial wastes is becoming increasingly important in providing greater flexibility in the formulation of livestock diets. Moreover, the reutilization and valorization of the cereal byproducts are a major challenge toward the sustainable development and circular economy of the agro-food sector, and livestock farming in particular.
Therefore, this Special Issue focuses on the topic of cereal-based byproduct valorization, and the use of byproducts as feed resources in livestock, not only from a production point of view but also from an environmental perspective, as the recycling and re‐use of industrial wastes and byproducts have become increasingly crucial. The aim is to publish current and relevant information related to the use of these cereal byproducts in diets for both ruminants and non-ruminantsDr. Juan Orengo
Dr. Silvia Silvia Martinez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Raw materials
- cereal byproducts
- cost-competitive feedstuff
- nutritive value
