The effect of diets containing raw and fermented faba beans on gut functioning and growth performance in young turkeys

Performance, Serum Biochemical and Immunological Parameters, and Digestive Enzyme and Intestinal Barrier-Related Gene Expression of Broiler Chickens Fed Fermented Fava Bean By-Products as a Substitute for Conventional Feed

“…Substitution of the diet with 25 and 35% FFB significantly decreased ileal pH, because the fermentation process was associated with the production of organic acids and enhanced growth of LAB, leading to reduced gastric pH (34). Similarly, Drazbo et al (44) reported that feeding turkeys fava beans led to lower ammonia levels in cecal digesta and lowered the pH of the intestinal digesta. Higher abundance of probiotic lactobacilli and bifidobacterial counts in the ileum was in accordance with the findings of Yamauchi and Suetsuna (52), who showed that fermented SBM (FSBM) increased the populations of yeasts, LAB, and Bacillus, which can improve the microecology balance and health of broiler gut and their growth performance.…”

“…Moreover, higher crude protein content may also be derived from microbial protein synthesis accompanied by an increased microbial population at the time of fermentation (37,41). Moreover, a reduction in fiber content after fermentation was caused by production of fiber-degrading enzymes (42), reducing lignin and indigestible polyphenolic constituent levels (43) and decreasing NDF content (44). The decrease in ANFs in fava beans in the current study may be attributed to fungal and microbial enzymes degrading these compounds, which is in accordance with Soumeh et al ( 45) who described similar benefits from microbial fermentation of SBM.…”

Nutritive value of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) as a feedstuff resource in livestock nutrition: A review

“…In addition, the ruminal CP degradability of raw FB seeds has been reported to be 0.892 g/kg and 0.857 g/ kg at two outflow rates, respectively, in mature wethers (Aguilera et al, 1992 Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation. a Supporting literature: (Abusin et al, 2009;Berger et al, 1999;Biesek et al, 2020;Cucci et al, 2019;Drażbo et al, 2018;Elsheikh et al, 1999;Ferruzzi et al, 2009;Gdala & Buraczewska, 1997;Hejdysz et al, 2016;Khalil & Mansour, 1995;Landry et al, 2016;Masoero et al, 2005;Oomah et al, 2011;Purves et al, 2017;Skylas et al, 2019;Smith et al, 2013;Van der Poel et al, 1991 In ram diets containing FB seeds (162 g/kg), the apparent digestibility of DM, OM, and CP was somewhat lower than that of the SBM control diet (156 g/kg; Table 6), while the apparent digestibility of DM, OM, and CP in raw FB diets was similar to that of the SBM control diet (Zagorakis et al, 2015). On the contrary, in cows, the apparent digestibility of DM, OM, CP, NDF, starch, and energy, as well as N retention were generally unaffected by increasing levels of raw FB seeds (Puhakka et al, 2016).…”

The effect of partial replacement of soybean meal with fermented soybean meal on chicken performance and immune status

“…Various authors (Kim et al, 2016;Seifi et al, 2017;Drażbo et al, 2018;Jazi et al, 2018) confirmed the beneficial effects of fermented soybeans, rapeseed or faba beans in poultry feed. Fermentation is an easy and inexpensive way to improve the nutritional value of soybeans, which in addition to high-value protein also contain anti-nutritional factors (ANFs).…”