Seaweed Potential in the Animal Feed: A Review

Seaweed (known as marine algae) has a tradition of being part of the animal feed in the coastal areas, from ancient times. Seaweeds, are mixed with animal feed, because when consumed alone can have negative impact on animals. Thus, seaweeds are very rich in useful metabolites (pigments, carotenoids,...

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Published inJournal of marine science and engineering Vol. 8; no. 8; p. 559
Main Authors Morais, Tiago, Inácio, Ana, Coutinho, Tiago, Ministro, Mariana, Cotas, João, Pereira, Leonel, Bahcevandziev, Kiril
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2020
Subjects
Additives
Algae
Alginates
Alginic acid
Amino acids
Animal feed
animal nutrition
Animals
Antibiotics
Bioavailability
Biomass
Calcium
Carotenoids
Carrageenan
Coastal zone
Dietary minerals
Fatty acids
feed additive
feed supplement
Feed supplements
Feeds
Flour
Iodine
Lipids
Livestock
Manganese
Metabolites
Minerals
Nutritive value
Pigments
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
Proteins
Quality
Seaweed meal
Seaweeds
Selenium
Sodium
Vitamins
Wheat
Zinc
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Summary:Seaweed (known as marine algae) has a tradition of being part of the animal feed in the coastal areas, from ancient times. Seaweeds, are mixed with animal feed, because when consumed alone can have negative impact on animals. Thus, seaweeds are very rich in useful metabolites (pigments, carotenoids, phlorotannins, polyunsaturated fatty acids, agar, alginate and carrageenan) and minerals (iodine, zinc, sodium, calcium, manganese, iron, selenium), being considered as a natural source of additives that can substitute the antibiotic usage in various animals. In this review, we describe the nutritional values of seaweeds and the seaweed effects in the seaweed-based animal feed/supplements.
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ISSN:2077-1312
2077-1312
DOI:10.3390/jmse8080559