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Evaluation of nutritive value of white mulberry (Morus alba) fruits waste

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

A Mahdavi*
Affiliation:
Animal Science Researches Institute of Iran, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Tehran University, Tehran-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
S A Hosseini
Affiliation:
Animal Science Researches Institute of Iran, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Tehran University, Tehran-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
M Mohiti Asl
Affiliation:
Tehran University, Tehran-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
H Lotfolahiya
Affiliation:
Animal Science Researches Institute of Iran, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
A Aghashahi
Affiliation:
Animal Science Researches Institute of Iran, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
S H Hosseini
Affiliation:
Tarbiyat Modaress University, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
J Mirabdolbaghi
Affiliation:
Animal Science Researches Institute of Iran, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
F Alemi
Affiliation:
Tehran University, Tehran-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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The mulberry belongs to the genus Morus of the family Moraceae. Mulberry is found from temperate to subtropical regions and they can grow in a wide range of climatic, topographical and soil conditions. In most countries, including Turkey, Greece and Iran, mulberries are grown for fruit production rather than foliage (Ercisli, 2004; Mulberry fruits can be used as a worming agent, as a remedy for dysentery, and as a laxative, odontalgic, anathematic, expectorant, hypoglycaemic and emetic (Baytop, 1996). Phonemics possess a wide spectrum of biochemical activities such as antioxidant, ant mutagenic and anticarcinogenic properties, as well as the ability to modify gene expression (Nakamura, et al., 2003; Mulberry fruit contains essential fatty acids that humans cannot synthesise, and must be obtained through diet. One of the most important points about mulberry fruits is its sensitive to environmental condition in harvesting time and the methods of harvesting that is not suitable. Because of this mentioned problem, mulberry fruits have a lot of waste. In animal feed industry, agricultural by-products were used in animal and poultry nutrition. One of the greatest challenges to a nutritionist is to formulate diets that adequately meet the nutrient requirements of the animal without having to provide excessive quantities of the expensive nutrients. In order to formulate the diets economically, it is essential that nutrient content of candidate ingredients analyzed as detail as possible. There was no information about mulberry fruits wastes nutritive value.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2009

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