Abstract
AbstractAnnually, million tons of agro-industrial wastes are generated in Brazil. A environmentally friendly and economically viable destination for agro-industrial by-products is their use in animal feed, reducing feed costs of the farm. Some products can replace conventional foods such as corn, soybeans and wheat, without incurring losses in animal performance. So the competition by using the same raw materials used in food and feed decreases and higher amount of grain will be used for human consumption. The by-products rich in pectins have high digestible energy content for its high rate of cecal degradation and are used as substitutes for grains rich in starch which traditionally make up the diet of horses. The objective of this review was to describe on the inclusion of by-products rich in pectins in the horses’ diet, emphasizing their benefits to the animal’s health. For the inclusion of pectin-rich by-products such as beet pulp, citrus pulp and soybean hulls in horse’s diet will be observed the nut...
Highlights
The agro-industrial sector generates millions of tons of wastes, whose destination is problematic due to the large amount, but mostly because the high polluting potential of most of theseABOUT THE AUTHORSRafael Henrique Prado Silva and Diogo Felipe da Silva Inácio have a Masters degree in Animal Science and are PhD students at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
The objective of this paper is to describe about the inclusion of by-products rich in pectins in the diet of horses, emphasizing its benefits to the health of the animal
The consumption of dry matter (DM) and the apparent digestibility of DM (ADCDM), organic matter (ADCOM), neutral detergent fiber (ADCNDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADCADF), cellulose and hemicelluloses showed no differences between the treatments, but the apparent digestibility coefficient of crude protein (ADCCP) decreased with the addition of by-product, because there was an increase of microbial protein synthesis; that cannot be used by horses and the excess is excreted
Summary
The agro-industrial sector generates millions of tons of wastes, whose destination is problematic due to the large amount, but mostly because the high polluting potential of most of theseABOUT THE AUTHORSRafael Henrique Prado Silva and Diogo Felipe da Silva Inácio have a Masters degree in Animal Science and are PhD students at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Foods rich in pectins, soy hulls, beet pulp and citrus pulp can replace partially concentrated energetic feed rations, reducing the risk of problems related to starch fermentation in the large intestine and keeping the energy content of the diet.
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