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REVIEW article
Front. Anim. Sci.
Sec. Animal Nutrition
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fanim.2025.1501412
This article is part of the Research Topic Interventions for Improving Livestock Productivity in Developing Countries View all 14 articles
Sustainable utilization of wild fruits and respective tree byproducts as partial feed ingredients or supplements in livestock rations
Provisionally accepted- 1 University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
- 2 Agricultural Research Council of South Africa (ARC-SA), Pretoria, South Africa
- 3 University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- 4 Zimbabwe Open University, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
• Global livestock production is facing one major challenge of ensuring adequate availability of nutritious feed.• Due to the growing demand for meat and animal products, there is a need to design new alternative efficient feed systems.• This review article details the possible use of wild fruits and their respective tree byproducts (WFBP) as partial or supplement stockfeed ingredients.• The knowledge base of these potential alternative feedstuffs and their limitations are highlighted in this review.
Keywords: Byproducts, Livestock, Multipurpose trees, oilseeds, stockfeed, wild fruits AA, Amino acids. AFR, Alternative feed resources. ANF
Received: 25 Sep 2024; Accepted: 03 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Chisoro, Mazizi, Festus Jaja, Nkukwana and Assan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Prince Chisoro, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
Ishmael Festus Jaja, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
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