Enrichment of a Plant Feedstuff Mixture’s Nutritional Value through Solid-State Fermentation
2023
Diogo Filipe | Lúcia Vieira | Marta Ferreira | Aires Oliva-Teles | José Salgado | Isabel Belo | Helena Peres
Plant feedstuffs are the main ingredients of animal feed. Owing to food–feed competition, increasing the utilization efficiency of these feedstuffs is important for animal nutrition. This can be achieved via solid-state fermentation (SSF). SSF of a plant feedstuff mixture (PFM) (25% rapeseed meal, soybean meal, rice bran, and sunflower meal) by three fungi (<i>Aspergillus ibericus</i> MUM 03.29, <i>Aspergillus niger</i> CECT 2088, and <i>Aspergillus niger</i> CECT 2915) resulted in an increase in protein content by 5%, irrespective of fungi, a reduction in cellulose content by 9 to 11%, and of hemicellulose content by 21 to 34%, relative to unfermented PFM. Enzyme production was measured: the highest cellulase (123.7 U/g), xylanase (431.8 U/g), and beta-glucosidase (117.9 U/g) activity were achieved with <i>A. niger</i> CECT 2088. Principal component analysis showed a positive correlation between all fermented PFMs and enzyme production, protein content, digestibility, and fiber reduction. Bioprocessing of the PFM by SSF increased its nutritional value and digestibility, making it more appealing for animal feeds.
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