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Alternative protein sources in the nutrition of farm animals

IBRAHIM AHMED ELSAYED
Arish University, faculty of Environmental Agricultural
Sciences, Animal Production Research Institute (APRI), Department of
Animal Nutrition Research , [email protected]

Summary

Protein requirement and its demand of farm animals became one of the critical
problems in nutrition on a global scale. Protein requirement has been an explicit demand
for a long period with soybean meal and animal protein, but recently there are some
limitations in relation to their use and the availability of the high quality fishmeal
decreases constantly. For this reason there is increased demand for finding new protein
sources which could be the alternatives of soybean meal and fishmeal. Alternative
protein sources can be divided into seven categories, according to their origin. In
different countries, their use depends on the availability in large quantity and at
reasonable price.
There is a long tradition of using legume seeds, as alternatives of soybean. Most of
them contain some anti-nutritive compounds, but it can be reduced with systematic
selection. Oilseed meals are also generally use in poultry and pig nutrition, but those
crude protein content varied, depending on the oil extraction technology. Green fodder
and leaf protein was also proposed as alternative protein sources, but their use is
limited, in particular because of the market price. The amount of bioethanol and starch
industry by-products increases gradually in recent years, therefore those became
alternatives of soybean meal, or in much less extend, fishmeal. However, amino acid
composition of such by-products are far from optimal for poultry and pig; therefore, in
the case of their use amino acid supplementation is necessary. Several novel protein
sources are proposed in the last decade, such as algae or insect proteins. Recently, their
availability and use is limited, but in the near future those would be alternative protein
sources in monogastric animal nutrition.

Keywords: alternative protein sources, oilseeds, legumes, alfalfa, algae, insect protein,
DDGS, CGF

Introduction

Nowadays there are lot of challenges in nutrition of farm animals, for instance
ban of nutritive antibiotics, solicitousness against genetically modified
organisms, unpredicted changes of market price etc. Among those challenges
the lack of protein, the second most expensive nutrient following energy, is one
of the most critical problem all around the world, due to the dramatic increase
of farm animal population, in particular in some developing countries (McLeod,
2011). Demand of the

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continuously increasing protein requirement may arise some problems, because

most of soybean meal, the traditional protein source, mostly produced from
genetically modified varieties (Karuga, 2017). The other main protein source,
fishmeal also critical, because its total production decline, due to overfishing of
the oceans (FAO, 2014). However, there different, but not widely used, other
protein sources available, which are can be alternatives of soybean meal and
fishmeal (Table 1).

Table 1. Alternative protein sources for the replacement of soybean meal and fishmeal
in the nutrition of farm animals

Category Protein source

Oilseeds rapeseed, sunflower seed, cotton seed, palm kernel
Legume seeds sweet lupine, pea, fava bean, chick pea, velvet bean
Legume green fodders alfalfa
Leaf proteins grass, sugar beet leaf
Aquatic protein sources microalgae, macro algae, duckweed
Insects and larvae black soldier fly, housefly, mealworm, house cricket, silkworm
Industrial by-products DDGS, CGF

Oilseeds
Rapeseed meal or Canola meal are well known and widely used protein source
in animal nutrition as replacement of soybean meal. Crude protein content of
the meal is 30–40%, depends on the method of oil extraction.
The main limiting factor for using rapeseed meal is its antinutritive
compound content, in particular glucosinolates, which have undesirable effect
in poultry and pig. However, glucosinolate content can be decrease with plant
breeding, and recently there are varieties with low glucosinolate content
available. The maximum concentration of glucosinolates in the feed
components of monogastric animals should be less than 12 000 mg kg -1 of
whole seed and less than 20 160 mg kg-1 of extracted meal (Tripathi és Mishra,
2007). Avoiding that problem the use of rapeseed protein concentrate was
proposed, because it is free of glucosinolates, and protein content is higher,
about 57% (Jones, 1979).
Sunflower meal is also a well-known alternative protein source, but it has
relatively high phenolics, in particular chlorogenic acid, content, which impairs
the availability of protein (Gonzalez-Perez et al., 2002), and this is the main
limiting factor of its use (Mulder, 2010). Amino acid composition of sunflower
meal protein is not optimal for monogastric animals, therefore amino acid
supplementation requires if used.
Extracted cottonseed meal is also a potential alternative of soybean meal of
fishmeal, but the main problem with its use that in most countries only
genetically modified varieties are available (Brookes and Barfoot, 2016). Protein
content depends on the variety and the mode of oil extraction, but relatively
high, 30–50%. However the digestibility of its

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protein is moderate (70%). Amino acid composition of cottonseed meal also not
optimal for monogastric animals, because of its low lysine content. Cottonseed
also contains an anti-nutritive compound, gossypol, which cannot inactivate by
traditional feed manufacturing technologies.
Gossypol has metal chelating property, therefore iron supplementation
requires when use (Światkiewicz et al., 2016).
Palm kernel meal is made from the seed of oil palm (Elaeis guinensis) after
oil extraction. Its nutrient content is low, for instance crude protein content is
about 9.50%, and its amino acid composition is far from optimal (lysine: 0.36%;
methionine: 0.20%). However, it is available in high quantity in some low-
income countries (Index Mundi, 2018).

Legume seeds
Sweet lupine has long tradition as protein source because of its high protein
content (32–42%), depending on the variety and method of de- hulling (Sujak et
al., 2006). Digestibility of protein and amino acid content of sweet lupine is
about 85%, which can be improves with hydrothermal treatment and fine
grinding (Pieper et al., 2016). Amino acid composition requires methionine
supplementation, in particular for poultry (Table 2). Limitation of its use the
lupine alkaloid content, which can be decrease with genetic selection, and if it is
lower than 0.04%, safe even for young animals (Ciesiolka et al., 2005). High non-
starch polysaccharide (NSP) content of sweet lupine also may arise undesirable
effects in poultry, which can be decrease with de-hulling and addition of
exogenous NSP enzymes, such as xylanase and cellulase.

Table 2. Amino acid composition of sweet lupine protein (Petterson, 2000)

Amino acid Content (%)

Lysine 1.63
Methionine 0.24
Cysteine 0.40
Methionine + Cysteine 0.64
Threonine 1.13
Tryptophan 0.30
Leucine 2.30
Histidine 0.73
Serine 1.56
Phenylalanine 1.34
Tyrosine 1.58
Proline 1.32
Alanine 1.09
Source: Petterson (2000)

Field pea is a widely cultivated legume seed in Europe (Mordor Intelligence,

2017), because it has importance either in animal and human

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nutrition. Protein content of field pea seed is high (21–25%), and its amino acid
composition is close to soybean, therefore only moderate amino acid
supplementation requires when use in the nutrition of monogastric animals.
Because of its anti-nutritive compound, trypsin inhibitor, content, heat
treatment requires before use (Van Krimpen et al., 2013).
Horse bean is cultivated worldwide because the different cultivars have high
adaptability even to extreme conditions (Factfish, 2018). Its use in animal
nutrition is limited, because most of them used as human food. Protein content
is lower than soybean meal (25–27%), but its amino acid composition is close to
soybean, and digestibility of its protein and amino acids also good. Horse bean,
such as other legumes, contains anti- nutritive factors, such as trypsin inhibitors
and tannins, which can be partially decomposed by heat treatment. Another
possibility is to select low anti-nutritive compound containing varieties. Horse
bean contains other potentially toxic compounds, vicine and divicine alkaloid
glycosides, which are cause favism either humans or animals. Those can be
decompose efficiently by cooking, but this method is not useful in feed
technology, because of high energy requirement. However, there are some
research about the potential of using antioxidants against the toxic
effects of alkaloid glycosides (Marquardt and Arbid, 1988).
Chick pea (Lathyrus sativus) is not a common protein source, but its crude
protein content of 26–27%, and amino acid composition is similar than field
pea, namely requires methionine and cysteine supplementation when use in
poultry nutrition. There are some anti-nutritive factor, such as trypsin inhibitor,
in chick pea, therefore heat treatment requires before use in monogastric
animals. It also contains a neurotoxic compound, β-N- oxalyl-L-α, β-diamino-
propionic acid, which also can be efficiently decompose by hydrothermal
treatment (Baldinger et al., 2016).
Velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens) is also useful alternative of soybean, but it is
common only in India. In poultry nutrition the inclusion rate can be increase up
to 40% in complete feed, without changes of the production traits (Vadivel et
al., 2011). Average crude protein content is 26.3%, but its use limited by its anti-
nutritive compound content, such as phenolics, tannins, trypsin inhibitor and
phytohaemagglutinating activity. Those anti-nutritive factors have low
nutritional significance if the beans are properly processed, for instance by
soaking in sodium- hydrogen carbonate solution (Vadivel and Janardhanan,
2000).

Legume green fodders

Alfalfa is the main fodder in this group, which can be use as protein source in
different form and after different methods of drying or other type of
processing. Alfalfa produces the highest amount of protein per

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hectare. Based on the calculation that its average crude protein content is 19%,
and the yield is about 13 tonnes per hectare, it means 2400 kg protein, which is
about three-times more than protein yield of soybean.
Protein yield of alfalfa depends on the percentage of leaves; therefore those
cultivars are preferable, which have the highest. Use of alfalfa was limited for a
long period in monogastric, mainly pig, nutrition due to its saponin content, but
recently saponin-free cultivars are available (Sen et al., 1998).

Leaf proteins
Leaf proteins are valuable alternative protein sources; in particular alfalfa leaf
use for the production of leaf protein concentrates. The main problem is the
extraction and purification of leaf protein, because those have marked effect on
the physico-chemical properties, therefore nutritive value, of proteins. For
instance, digestibility decreased as a consequence of Maillard reaction,
formation of lysino-alanine by oxidised polyphenols, or racemisation, which
decrease the absorption of lysine and other amino acids (Moughan és
Rutherfurd, 2008). The accurate extraction resulted high value protein, even in
comparison with soybean meal (Table 3).

Table 3. Nutrient content of alfalfa leaf protein concentrate in

comparison with soybean meal

Nutrient Soybean meal Alfalfa leaf protein concentrate

Crude protein (%) 46.0 53.5
Crude fat (%) 2.0 11.3
Crude fibre (%) 5.5 6.0
Lysine (%) 0.3 0.3
Source: Bódi and Deme (2018)

Aquatic protein sources

Microalgae
Nowadays among the blue-green algae Aphanizomenon flosaquae, Spirulina
maxima and Spirulina pratensis cultivated in large-scale, while among the green
algae some Chlorella species used, because of their valuable protein content.
The different algae contain 25–50% crude protein on dry matter basis (Becker,
2007), but they have high water content, therefore drying requires high energy
costs. Data from large scale trials are not available about their efficacy in farm
animals (Christaki et al., 2010), but at experimental level most of them, in
particular Spirulina, showed high protein utilization, and some additional
positive effects, such as improvement of immune response (Kovács et al., 2016).

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Macroalgae
Pondweed or seaweed mainly cultivated in Asia, but not for protein, but alginate
production, also use as human food, and use as organic fertilizer. Those are potential
protein sources with different crude protein content (10–30% on dry matter basis),
but no results of animal feeding
trials are available.

Duckweed
Crude protein content is about 35–45% of dry matter, but it depends on the
species and also the nutrient content of the environment. For instance in
nutrient-rich environment, such as sludge, the crude protein content of Lemna
gibba reach 40%, but in low nutrient content environment it is only 9% (Hasan
and Chakbari, 2009). Up to now there is no method for using duckweed as
animal feed, because the drying procedure is very expensive, and no effective
method available for the extraction of its protein content. The other problem
with the use of duckweed is the production environment, which may contain
hazardous materials, such as heavy metals.

Insect protein
Insect protein is a valuable alternative source because of high efficiency of
production, and waste materials can be used for feeding insects and larvae.
European Union allowed to use insects and their larvae only in the nutrition of
fishes and pets and other farm animal species can be feed only with the protein
hydrolysates of insect protein with a molecular weight lower than 10 000
Daltons (Commission Regulation 2017/893).
Other important criteria for using insects in farm animal nutrition is that
their production should be meet the criteria of the Regulation (EC) No
1069/2009. EFSA (2015) qualified the insects, and the following species found
as safe either for direct feeding or as protein source, based on detailed
toxicological evaluation: black solider fly (Hermetia illucens), house fly (Musca
domestica), yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor), lesser mealworm (Alphitobius
diaperinus), house cricket (Acheta domesticus), banded cricket (Gryllodes
sigillatus) and field cricket (Gryllus assimilis).
The most investigated is the larvae of black solider fly, which is a valuable
alternative protein source (Table 4). It can be use as replacer of soybean meal in
poultry nutrition up to about 25% (Cullere et al., 2016).

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Table 4. Nutrient content of dry and defatted black soldier fly larvae

Nutrient Dry larvae Defatted larvae

Crude protein content (%) 40.88 60.69
Crude fat content (%) 20.99 7.97
Lysine (%) 1.93 2.96
Methionine (%) 0.49 0.72
Cysteine (%) 0.31 0.47
Threonine (%) 1.37 2.01
Tryptophan (%) 0.45 0.71
Source: Cullere et al. (2016)

Housefly larvae has also high crude protein content (63%), and its amino
acid composition also optimal for monogastric animals, because it has 3.8%
lysine and 1.6% methionine content. For that reason approximately 50% of
soybean meal can be replace with dry or defatted housefly larvae.
Yellow mealworm larvae has excellent utilization capacity of organic wastes,
because can produce about 1 kg protein from about 1.7 kg of organic waste.
Inclusion rate in poultry nutrition is a maximum of 10%, which can be replace
about 80% of soybean meal resulting the same production traits (Ramos-
Elorduy et al., 2002).
House cricket contains 62% crude protein in dried form, but deficient in
methionine, tryptophan and arginine (Table 5), which requires amino acid
supplementation, in particular when all of the soybean meal replaced with
house cricket.

Table 5. Amino acid composition of house cricket protein

Amino acid House cricket protein contains (%)
Lysine 3.48
Methionine 0.93
Threonine 3.05
Tryptophan 0.38
Tyrosine 2.52
Histidine 1.60
Serine 7.26
Proline 3.62
Glutamic acid 3.83
Alanine 3.74
Leucine 4.50
Phenylalanine 1.36
Source: DeFoliart et al. (1987)

Silkworm (Bombyx mori) pupae is a well-known protein source outside the

EU. For instance the annual silkworm larvae production in China is about 150
000 tonnes, and the dry pupae contains 46.7% crude protein

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and 32.2% crude fat (Yaowang, 1989). Silkworm pupae generally use replacing
fishmeal in poultry diet even up to 100% (Khan et al., 2016).
Grasshoppers are also generally use in animal nutrition in many countries of
Africa or Asia. The well-known grasshoppers are the red locusts (Nomadacris
septemfaciata) and the brown locust (Locustana pardalina), however other
large grasshoppers also known as protein sources because their crude protein
content is 50–65% in dry form, therefore about 20–40% soybean meal can be
replace (Esmail, 2017).

Industrial by-products
Some industrial by products, such as distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS)
from bioethanol industry and corn gluten feed (CGF) from starch industry, have
high protein content, therefore there are potential alternative proteins sources.
Amino acid composition of DDGS or CGF protein is not optimal for monogastric
animals because the low level of lysine and tryptophan, if they obtained from
fermentation/processing from corn seed.
The highest amount of by-product from the bioethanol industry is DDGS
(300 kg t-1 of processed corn). Average soybean replacement rate of DDGS is
about 0.40–0.45, based on crude protein content. Nutrient, including crude
protein, content of DDGS depends on the cereal grain, but also type of the
fermentation technology (Table 6). DDGS can be use in broiler chicken rearing
up to 18% inclusion rate (Heincinger et al., 2011), but in turkey fattening can be
increase up to 25% without decrease of production traits, together with
appropriate amino acid supplementation (Heincinger et al., 2012). In pig
nutrition the relative value of DDGS to corn is 120–125, while to soybean meal
is 45–55.

Table 6. Nutrient content of DDGS of different origin

Nutrient Content (%)

Dry matter 87–93
Crude protein 23–29
Crude fat 3–12
Crude fibre 2.8–4.2
Lysine 0.59–0.89

CGF can be use in dried form in the nutrition of poultry and pig. CGF
contains mainly the protein and fibre components of corn seed, but low in
starch and without germ. Therefore, it has higher protein and fibre content than
the seed with low fat and starch content (Table 7). Amino acid composition is
not optimal for poultry and pig because low levels of lysine and tryptophan.

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Table 7. Nutrient content of dried CGF of different origin

Nutrient Content (%)

Dry matter 86–90
Crude protein 21.5–23.9
Crude fat 1.2–1.4
Crude fibre 2.8–4.2
Lysine 0.59–0.68

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