Cultivation and use of faba beans (Vicia faba minor) as a component in poultry feed
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Date
2020
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Instytut Uprawy Nawożenia i Gleboznawstwa – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy w Puławach
Abstract
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Popularization of faba bean cultivation among growers
can increase the supply of seeds of this crop on the Polish market.
Thanks to the fact that more seeds will be available, especially
low-tannin varieties, it may also increase the interest of the feed
industry in this component, mainly of the poultry feed production
sector. Studies have shown that the partial replacement of soybean
meal with faba bean in mixture feeds does not adversely affect
the production performance of birds. Refining treatments additionally
increases nutritional value of seeds and the use of protein
from them. Thanks to their starch content faba bean seeds bring
a certain amount of energy into the mixtures. This is particularly
important in view of the ban on the use of GMO feed materials in
animal nutrition and, to some extent, in view of the improvement
in the supply of Poland with domestic feed components.
Keywords
faba beans, fodder protein, poultry feed, legumes
Citation
Polish Journal of Agronomy
2020, 42, 34–39