Feed Fermentation and Animal Health: Nutrition and Metabolism
A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases in Veterinary Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 August 2026 | Viewed by 727
Special Issue Editors
Interests: feed fermentation; animal health; nutrient utilization; environment and food safety; sustainable animal production
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Interests: feed fermentation; animal health; yeast cultures; metabolome; sustainable animal production
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Feed fermentation is a promising method for preserving animal feed that has a high moisture content. It primarily utilizes lactic acid bacteria, yeasts, and fungi to ferment animal feed under anaerobic conditions, thereby reducing the loss of feed nutrients and improving palatability. A large number of metabolites can be produced during the process, and these products may impact animal health and production.
Fermented feeds, such as silage, fermented Total Mixed Rations (TMR), and fermented liquid feed, exhibit increased digestibility and bioavailability of nutrients. Certain anti-nutritional factors, including tannins, saponins, and phytates in feed, can be effectively degraded through fermentation. Additionally, fermentation often enriches feeds with beneficial metabolites, such as vitamins, bioactive substances, organic acids, and enzymes, which are advantageous to the health of livestock.
Feed fermentation offers a promising approach to sustainable animal production. However, there are still numerous research gaps in understanding the long-term effects of fermented feeds on animal health and metabolism. Further studies are needed to address the challenges of quality control and cost-effectiveness, determine the optimal inclusion levels of fermented feeds in various animal diets, and evaluate the impact of fermented feeds on the environment and food safety.
Dr. Tao Wang
Dr. Zhe Sun
Dr. Zhiwei Kong
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- feed fermentation
- animal nutrition
- animal health
- gut health
- sustainable agriculture
- silage
- fermented feeds
- probiotics
- lactic acid bacteria (LAB)
- yeast / yeast cultures
- solid-state fermentation
- gut microbiota / microbiome
- feed digestibility
- nutrient availability
- organic acids
- pathogen inhibition
- immune modulation
- anti-oxidation
- anti-inflammatory
- feed conversion ratio (FCR)
- phytate degradation
- long-term effects
- animal performance
- quality control
- cost-effectiveness
- optimal inclusion levels
- environment and food safety
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