Legumes in livestock and fish nutrition

Ingredients, feed value and feeding recommendations

Volume Editors:
Gerhard Bellof
and
Mechthild Freitag
This book covers all aspects of legumes in the nutrition of farmed animals, including fish and shrimps. It is an important source for anyone involved in animal nutrition, whether as a scientist, consultant, in the feed industry or in farming. Ingredients and antinutritive factors of grain and green legumes are described in detail. However, the most important part for nutritionists, consultants and anyone involved in animal husbandry is the feeding advice. Based on the latest research, you will find comprehensive information on the use of peas and other legumes in ruminant, pig, poultry, equine and aquaculture diets.
Copyright Year:
2025
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Dr. Gerhard Bellof is Professor of Animal Nutrition at the University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Germany. He has published monographs and many articles on livestock feeding. He is co-editor of Futtermittel für landwirtschaftliche Nutztiere (Feeds for Farm Animals; 2021).
Dr. Mechthild Freitag is Professor of Physiology and Nutrition at the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Her main interests are animal nutrition and animal health as well as aspects of animal welfare. She is co-editor of Futtermittel für landwirtschaftliche Nutztiere (Feeds for Farm Animals; 2021).
List of figures and tables IX
Abbreviations XVI
List of the Authors XVII

1 Legumes – classification and differentiation
 Gerhard Bellof, Manuela Specht, and Mechthild Freitag

2 Grain legumes
 2.1 Importance and cultivation of grain legumes
 Manuela Specht
 2.2 Grain legumes in aquaculture
 Monika Weiß
 2.3 Antinutritive factors (ANF) in grain legumes
 Mechthild Freitag
 2.4 Grain peas (Pisum sativum L.)
 Mechthild Freitag
 2.5 Faba beans (Vicia faba L.)
 Mechthild Freitag
 2.6 Sweet lupins (Lupinus sp.)
 Mechthild Freitag
 2.7 Soybeans (Glycine max L.) and products (European cultivation)
 Gerhard Bellof
 2.8 Other grain legumes
 Gerhard Bellof
 2.9 Feed from grain legume processing
 Mechthild Freitag

3 Green legumes
 3.1 Importance and cultivation of green (forage) legumes
 Stephan Hartmann
 3.2 Harvesting and preservation methods for obtaining protein-rich green legume products
 Gerhard Bellof
 3.3 Antinutritive factors in green legumes
 Petra Weindl
 3.4 Lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) and refining products of lucerne
 Gerhard Bellof
 3.5 Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) and refining products of red clover
 Gerhard Bellof
It would be of relevance for scientists, teachers and advisers in livestock feeding and also for researchers, developers and salespersons in the feed industrial sector. The subject areas are: ingredients, feed value and feeding recommendations for the most important legumes species.
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Publisher:
Wageningen Academic
Language:
English
Pages:
xxii, 258 pp.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004695047

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