Sustainable Livestock Nutrition through Alternative Feed Ingredients
- 1st Edition - October 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Rajesh Jha, Prabhat Khanal, Partha Roy
- Language: English
Sustainable Livestock Nutrition through Alternative Feed Ingredients synthesizes the latest knowledge on alternative feed ingredients in livestock diets. With the use of sustai… Read more
Sustainable Livestock Nutrition through Alternative Feed Ingredients synthesizes the latest knowledge on alternative feed ingredients in livestock diets. With the use of sustainable, low-waste, and circular feed ingredients, livestock can gain essential key nutrients while reducing their environmental impact. Through meticulous research and practical insights, the book explores alternative proteins and nutritional sources for a variety of animals. Cutting-edge, low-impact ingredients, including insects, algae, microalgae, seaweed, and freshwater plants are covered and compared.
Written and edited by an international team of experts, and with a focus on enhancing animal health and welfare while minimizing environmental impact, this book serves as a vital resource for researchers, farmers, students, and policymakers.
Written and edited by an international team of experts, and with a focus on enhancing animal health and welfare while minimizing environmental impact, this book serves as a vital resource for researchers, farmers, students, and policymakers.
- Compares alternative animal feed ingredients of different origins
- Evaluates digestibility, nutritional value, and utilization of alternative feed ingredients
- Explores opportunities and the challenges associated with scaling up alternative feed ingredients
Researchers, both industry and academic, in the feilds of animal agriculture, veterinary science, food science and food security, interested in animal feed science and/or sustainable food production
1. Roles of insects as a protein source for poultry production
2. Role of insects as a protein source for pig production
3. Can insects be utilized in the ruminant´s diets?
4. Challenges of scaling up insects as sustainable and alternative feed resources for production animals
5. Automated and cost-efficient production technologies for further production of insects as animal feed
6. Use of freshwater plants as a protein source for livestock production
7. Can freshwater plants be used as a source of antimicrobials for livestock production?
8. Potential nutritional and anti-methanogenic impacts of freshwater plants for ruminant production
9. Concerns of heavy metals and critical minerals in freshwater plants as animal feed resources
10. Sustainable sourcing, harvesting, and cultivation of freshwater plants for animal feed purposes
11. Marine macroalgae as an alternative source of protein for livestock
12. Bioactive potential of marine macroalgae in animal feed applications
13. An update on anti-methanogenic properties of marine macroalgae for ruminant animals
14. Impacts on marine macroalgae species and harvesting seasons on nutritional values and utilization for animal feed applications
15. Sustainable models for efficient sourcing, harvesting, and processing of macroalgae
16. Fresh water plants and marine macroalgae as sources of micronutrients for livestock feeds
17. Environmental and economy sustainability of producing alternative feed resources for production animals
2. Role of insects as a protein source for pig production
3. Can insects be utilized in the ruminant´s diets?
4. Challenges of scaling up insects as sustainable and alternative feed resources for production animals
5. Automated and cost-efficient production technologies for further production of insects as animal feed
6. Use of freshwater plants as a protein source for livestock production
7. Can freshwater plants be used as a source of antimicrobials for livestock production?
8. Potential nutritional and anti-methanogenic impacts of freshwater plants for ruminant production
9. Concerns of heavy metals and critical minerals in freshwater plants as animal feed resources
10. Sustainable sourcing, harvesting, and cultivation of freshwater plants for animal feed purposes
11. Marine macroalgae as an alternative source of protein for livestock
12. Bioactive potential of marine macroalgae in animal feed applications
13. An update on anti-methanogenic properties of marine macroalgae for ruminant animals
14. Impacts on marine macroalgae species and harvesting seasons on nutritional values and utilization for animal feed applications
15. Sustainable models for efficient sourcing, harvesting, and processing of macroalgae
16. Fresh water plants and marine macroalgae as sources of micronutrients for livestock feeds
17. Environmental and economy sustainability of producing alternative feed resources for production animals
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Rajesh Jha
Rajesh Jha is a professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. His expertise is in animal nutrition and his research specialties include animal gut health and physiology, monogastric animal nutrition programing and modeling, and evaluation of animal feed and feed additives.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa, USAPK
Prabhat Khanal
Prabhat Khanal is an associate professor of sustainable animal nutrition at the Faculty of Bioscience and Aquaculture (FBA), Nord University, Norway. He completed his Master in Agriculture from the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Later, he obtained his PhD in Nutrition and Physiology from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He held the Marie-Curie status Scientific Fellow post-doc position in Nutrition and Lipid droplets at the Department of Nutrition, University of Oslo. His current research focuses on identifying, characterizing, and utilizing novel and alternative sources of feed and food. In particular, he aims to evaluate and characterize a wide range of insect species as a future protein source for animal feed and human food applications. He has published 28 scientific articles and presented at international conferences, seminars, and symposiums. He is also the principal investigator of a collaborative project between Nord University, Norway, Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal, and Kathmandu University, Nepal: Establishing the Circular Economy-based livestock sector through collaborative Educational and Research activities (CEER) that involves 5 PhD and more than 30 master students.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Sustainable Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Bioscience and Aquaculture (FBA), Nord University, NorwayPR
Partha Roy
Partha Roy works at the Indian Institute of Technology, India.
Affiliations and expertise
Indian Institute of Technology, India