Sustainable poultry feed formulations from fruit and vegetable residues for advancing animal health

Abstract

The sustainable use of fruit and vegetable residues (FVRs) in poultry feed formulations has gained considerable attention due to their potential in advancing animal health. FVRs are abundant, cost-effective, and eco-friendly resources, which eventually could replace conventional feed additives. The inclusion of FVRs in poultry diets has an overall positive impact on birds' performance and health outcomes including enhanced feed digestibility, nutrient consumption, immune function, and disease resistance. FVRs offer significant benefits that contribute to overall productivity and well-being of animals. However, certain challenge such as anti-nutritional factors, palatability issues, and processing techniques are also associated while incorporating these residues into poultry diets. Here, FVRs solubilization methods employing biological system seems to be novel approach to improve the digestibility of FVRs. The current study highlights diverse compositional profile of FVRs along with their mechanism action to improve the birds' health to achieve sustainable poultry feed production systems.