Alternative and Novel Feeds for Poultry: Nutritive Value, Product Quality and Environmental Aspects
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Farm Animal Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2025 | Viewed by 90
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Interests: food quality; bioactive compounds; fatty acids; antioxidants; functional foods; feed; food; animals; nutrition
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Interests: monogastric nutrition; feed biotechnology; probiotic products; microencapsulation; intestinal health and microflora; fermentation; enzymatic processes
Interests: feed and food quality; by-product valorization; bio-active compounds; hydro- and lipo-soluble antioxidants; lipid degradation; functional food
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The search for alternative and novel feeds for poultry addresses the urgent need to enhance nutritive value and improve product quality and/or environmental aspects, aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by promoting sustainable food systems, responsible resource use, and climate action.
Alternative and novel feeds such as agro-industrial by-products, co-products, plants, insect meal, algae, and fermented and enzymatically treated ingredients, among other novel sources, offer promising avenues to enhance the sustainability of the poultry industry. These alternative feed ingredients can improve nutrient efficiency, reduce the reliance on conventional ingredients, and minimize environmental challenges. Simultaneously, they have the potential to enhance the quality of animal-derived products, such as meat and eggs, by influencing factors like fatty acid profiles, protein composition, bioactive compounds, antioxidant profile, shelf-life, and overall sensory appeal.
This Special Issue aims to bring together contributions from multidisciplinary perspectives focusing on the nutritive value of such feeds, their impact on animal health and welfare, their effects on product quality, and their role in mitigating environmental concerns.
All types of papers related to the topic will be considered.
Dr. Petru Alexandru Vlaicu
Dr. Mihaela Dumitru
Dr. Alexandra Gabriela Oancea
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- poultry nutrition
- feed formulation
- nutritive value
- animal performance
- animal health
- product quality
- zero hunger
- food quality
- environmental impact
- circular economy
- sustainability
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