Duckweed (Lemna minor): a potential alternative protein input for animal feed
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animal feed, duckweed, organic fertilizer, nutritional compositionAbstract
Duckweed (Lemna minor) emerges as an innovative ingredient in animal feed, offering a vegetable protein source that can complement or replace conventional protein sources such as soybean cake and fishmeal. Therefore, worldwide research has been carried out on its use in food. By its nutritional composition, this plant is characterized by its high protein, amino acid and fibrous profile, varying between 30 and 45% protein, in addition to its low fat and carbohydrate content, which is directly influenced by the environment where it is grown and the nutrients present in the water with the use or not of organic fertilizers, being also a very friendly and low-cost alternative, provided that the minimum accumulation of heavy metals and anti-nutritional components is controlled, thus obtaining a safe input for humans, animals and the environment. This review mainly addresses the nutritional composition of duckweed (Lemna minor) and its effects in feeding some monogastric species.
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