Doris Chirinos-Peinado, Jorge Castro-Bedriñana, Patricia Álvaro-Ordoñez, Rolando Quispe-Ramos, Edgar García-Olarte, Elva Ríos-Ríos
Biowaste from slaughterhouses can be recovered to benefit food security and reduce contamination potential. More than 3 billion heads of livestock are consumed worldwide, which will increase by 17% by 2028, generating more biowaste, increasing infectious agents, and causing economic losses due to circular economy principles not being applied. This work evaluated the nutritional quality of four types of biowaste from bovine slaughter which were transformed into a meal for guinea pigs (rumen content (RCM), ears (EaM), blood (BM), and cheeks (CM)) according to their chemical composition, digestible components, energy contribution, and voluntary consumption...
April 8, 2024: Animals: An Open Access Journal From MDPI