Use of an ethanol bio-refinery product as a soy bean alternative in diets for fast-growing meat production species: a circular economy approach

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Burton, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-2784-6922, Scholey, D. ORCID: 0000-0003-2450-5989, Alkhtib, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-3381-0304 and Williams, P., 2021. Use of an ethanol bio-refinery product as a soy bean alternative in diets for fast-growing meat production species: a circular economy approach. Sustainability, 13 (19): 11019. ISSN 2071-1050

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/su131911019

Abstract

The recent conceptual pivot from bioethanol production to ethanol biorefining has led to development of protein derived by fractionating the non-ethanol streams post fermentation within the plant. The aim of this study was to identify the effect of replacing dietary soy with corn-fermented protein (CFP) on performance of fast-growing meat species and the impact on the carbon footprint associated with the feed for each species. The study contains trials on 3 species, broiler, turkey and salmon. In trial one, 324 broiler chicks were allocated randomly to 36 pens distributed into 3 dietary treatments; control (0% CFP), 5% CFP and 10% CFP; for 35 days. In trial 2, 150 turkey poults were allocated to 3 treatments: control (0 CFP), 4% CFP and 8% CFP for 35 days. In trial 3, 525 Atlantic Salmon (starting weight 304 g ± 10.7 g) were raised in 15 saltwater tanks for 84 days with 5 treatments, control (0% CFP), 5% CFP, 10% CFP, 15% CFP and 20% CFP. Growth response, nutrient utilisation and carbon footprint were assessed in each trial. Replacement of soy with CFP showed limited differences in growth response and nutrient utilization but replacing soy bean meal with CFP at rate of 5%, 8% and 10% in broiler, turkey and salmon diets, respectively resulted in a 14% decrease in carbon footprint of diet manufacturing. This investigation shows coupling bioethanol production with poultry and salmon production represents a highly effective circular economy contributing to multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Item Type:

Journal article

Publication Title:

Sustainability

Creators:

Burton, E., Scholey, D., Alkhtib, A. and Williams, P.

Publisher:

MDPI

Date:

4 October 2021

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ISSN:

2071-1050

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Number	Type
10.3390/su131911019	DOI
1475596	Other

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Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Schools > School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences

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Jonathan Gallacher

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06 Oct 2021 14:40

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06 Oct 2021 15:30

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