Potential of wet blue leather waste for ruminant feeding
2012
Silva, Rodrigo Carvalho(Universidade Federal de Lavras) | Resende Júnior, João Chrysostomo de(Universidade Federal de Lavras) | Lima, Ronaldo Francisco de(Universidade Federal de Lavras) | Sousa, Raimundo Vicente de(Universidade Federal de Lavras) | Oliveira, Luiz Carlos Alves de(Universidade Federal de Lavras) | Daniel, João Luiz Pratti(Universidade Federal de Lavras) | Moreira, Anselmo de Oliveira(Universidade Federal de Lavras)
The objective of this study was to find an alternative to minimize environmental contamination by leather waste using it as ruminant feed. The wet blue leather wastes (WB) without chrome extraction were compared with the leather wastes in which the chrome was extracted (CE). Both materials had 99.7% of dry matter (DM), but the crude protein level was higher (90.4%) in CE than in WB (74.3%). In situ effective ruminal degradability of DM was 59.7% and it was 63.1% for CP in CE. The WB did not suffer degradation in the rumen. In vitro abomasal digestibility of CE was 100%. The percentage of degradation per hour was higher for CE (8.2%) than for WB (0.08%). The mineral content was higher in wet blue leather wastes (10.4%) than in CE (0.4%) reflecting the chrome level and demonstrating that the removal process of this mineral is efficient. The use in animal feed is presented as a viable alternative for the disposal of waste and scrap generated by the leather tanning industry and treated by the extraction method, thus minimizing environmental contamination and providing a source of protein for animal feed.
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