Pearls before swine: Plant-derived wastes to produce low-cholesterol meat from farmed pigs—A bibliometric analysis combined to meta-analytic studies

F Bertocci, G Mannino - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to environmental and human factors, there is a growing amount of agri-food waste
worldwide. The European Commission is incentivizing a zero-waste policy by 2025, pushing …

Growth performance of South African Windsnyer pigs to the dietary inclusion of Amarula oil cake

F Thabethe, VA Hlatini, AM de Almeida… - Tropical Animal Health …, 2022 - Springer
Dietary inclusion of Amarula oil cake (AOC) in pig diets can ease pressure of relying on non-
native feed sources and benefit the swine industry. The study was conducted to determine …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary effects of Sclerocarya birrea caffra seed cake replacing soyabean meal on physiology, meat and bone quality of indigenous chickens

ZG Mchunu, MS Mthana, DMN Mthiyane - Veterinary and Animal Science, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigated marula seed cake (MSC) as alternative protein source (APS)
replacing soyabean meal (SBM) in indigenous chicken diets. Four hundred, 3-week-old …

High dietary marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra) seed (nut) cake induces detrimental effects on performance, carcass characteristics and immuno-physiology of …

MS Mthana, DMN Mthiyane, DC Onwudiwe, M Mwanza - 2023 - preprints.org
In a completely randomized design (CRD), 400 day-old Ross 308 broilers were randomly
allotted to 5 diets with 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20% MSC, each with 8 replicates of 10. Weekly feed …

High dietary inclusion of marula seed cake induces detrimental effects on performance, visceromorphometry, and immuno-physiology of broiler chickens

MS Mthana, DMN Mthiyane, DC Onwudiwe… - South African Journal of …, 2024 - ajol.info
This study investigated the effects of incremental dietary levels of marula seed cake (MSC)
in partial replacement of soyabean meal (SBM) and maize on growth performance, viscera …

Carcass traits and primal pork cuts of growing Windsnyer pigs fed diets containing Amarula oil cake

F Thabethe, VA Hlatini, AM de Almeida… - South African Journal of …, 2024 - ajol.info
Carcass characteristics and primal pork cuts of local pig breeds are rarely documented,
therefore, the current study was conducted to establish the relation between incremental …

Plant-Based Feed Additives for Livestock and Poultry in Southern Africa

LJ McGaw - Sustainable Use of Feed Additives in Livestock: Novel …, 2023 - Springer
Southern Africa has a wealth of plant species, many with beneficial properties. In rural areas
in particular, smallholder farmers have a strong tradition of using plants to support animal …

Performance, Biochemico-physiological and Meat Quality Responses to Dietary Mycotoxin-contaminated-Marula Seed Cake with or without Wild Garlic in Piglets

MA Shobande - 2023 - repository.nwu.ac.za
The high cost of feed resulting from intensive pig production in developing countries
highligths a crucial needs to search for inexpeensive alternatives to imported protein …

Oral Tulbaghia violacea extract-based nano-ZnO administration in piglets fed diets supplemented with naturally mycotoxin-contaminated marula seed cake

Y Mbenga - 2022 - repository.nwu.ac.za
The high costs of conventional protein sources such as soya bean meal (SBM) have
prompted the search for a cheaper alternative and readily available protein sources like …