Open AccessNutritive value of faba bean ( Vicia faba L.) as a feedstuff resource in livestock nutrition: A review
Author(s) -
Meng Zhu,
Liu Qingqing,
Zhang Yan,
Chen Jiahong,
Sun Zhipeng,
Ren Chunhuan,
Zhang Zijun,
Cheng Xiao,
Huang Yafeng
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
food science and nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.614
H-Index - 27
ISSN - 2048-7177
DOI - 10.1002/fsn3.2342
Subject(s) - vicia faba , livestock , legume , nutrient , biology , ruminant , agronomy , animal nutrition , vicia sativa , food science , pasture , ecology
The review evaluates faba bean ( Vicia faba L.; FB) seeds relative to their nutritional composition, their content of antinutritional factors, and their impact on animal performance. The literature indicates that FB plant is a cool‐season, annual grain legume that grows the best in cool and humid conditions. Its seeds are rich in protein, energy, and mineral compounds and have particularly high unsaturated fatty acid levels. However, FB seeds also contain various proportions of antinutritional factors (ANFs) that can interfere with nutrient utilization in nonruminants. The various processing methods are efficient in either reducing or inactivating the ANFs of FB seeds, with extrusion treatment offering the most effective method of improving apparent nutrient and energy digestibility of nonruminants. In vivo studies on ruminants, pigs, poultry, and fishes reveal that FB seeds have the potential to be used as a substitute for soybean meal and/or cereal seeds in livestock diets in order to support milk, meat, and/or egg production.