Legumes in livestock and fish nutrition

Ingredients, feed value and feeding recommendations

Gerhard Bellof, Mechthild Freitag (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2025
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-69503-0 (ISBN)

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The topics include legume nutrients, active ingredients and antinutritive substances. Recommendations for feeding different animal species, fish and shrimps are given. A valuable guide for the design of compound feeds in the industrial sector and at farm level.

This book covers all aspects of legumes in the nutrition of farmed animals, including fish and shrimps. It is an important source for anyone involved in animal nutrition, whether as a scientist, consultant, in the feed industry or in farming. Ingredients and antinutritive factors of grain and green legumes are described in detail. However, the most important part for nutritionists, consultants and anyone involved in animal husbandry is the feeding advice. Based on the latest research, you will find comprehensive information on the use of peas and other legumes in ruminant, pig, poultry, equine and aquaculture diets.

Dr. Gerhard Bellof is Professor of Animal Nutrition at the University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Germany. He has published monographs and many articles on livestock feeding. He is co-editor of Futtermittel für landwirtschaftliche Nutztiere (Feeds for Farm Animals; 2021). Dr. Mechthild Freitag is Professor of Physiology and Nutrition at the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Her main interests are animal nutrition and animal health as well as aspects of animal welfare. She is co-editor of Futtermittel für landwirtschaftliche Nutztiere (Feeds for Farm Animals; 2021).

List of figures and tables IX

Abbreviations XVI

List of the Authors XVII

1 Legumes – classification and differentiation

Gerhard Bellof, Manuela Specht, and Mechthild Freitag

2 Grain legumes

2.1 Importance and cultivation of grain legumes

Manuela Specht

2.2 Grain legumes in aquaculture

Monika Weiß

2.3 Antinutritive factors (ANF) in grain legumes

Mechthild Freitag

2.4 Grain peas (Pisum sativum L.)

Mechthild Freitag

2.5 Faba beans (Vicia faba L.)

Mechthild Freitag

2.6 Sweet lupins (Lupinus sp.)

Mechthild Freitag

2.7 Soybeans (Glycine max L.) and products (European cultivation)

Gerhard Bellof

2.8 Other grain legumes

Gerhard Bellof

2.9 Feed from grain legume processing

Mechthild Freitag

3 Green legumes

3.1 Importance and cultivation of green (forage) legumes

Stephan Hartmann

3.2 Harvesting and preservation methods for obtaining protein-rich green legume products

Gerhard Bellof

3.3 Antinutritive factors in green legumes

Petra Weindl

3.4 Lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) and refining products of lucerne

Gerhard Bellof

3.5 Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) and refining products of red clover

Gerhard Bellof

Erscheinungsdatum	14.05.2025
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 245 mm
Gewicht	676 g
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	90-04-69503-6 / 9004695036
ISBN-13	978-90-04-69503-0 / 9789004695030
Zustand	Neuware