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Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Edible Potential ofFood science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Amaranth as a sustainable feed resource for livestock.Veterinary and animal science · 2026Review
- Amaranth, the ancient pseudocereal: a promising crop for climate-resilient agriculture and healthy diets.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
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- Suitability of raw and heat-treated Amaranthus spinosus in broiler diets: Effects on growth performance, meat antioxidant capacity, haemato-biochemical parameters, intestinal histomorphometry, and cecal volatile fatty acid profile.Tropical animal health and production · 2024Article
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- Effects of Different Proportions ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Comprehensive Overview of the Effects ofLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Mycotoxin Determination and Occurrence in Pseudo-Cereals Intended for Food and Feed: A Review.Toxins · 2023Review
- Laboratory Analyses Used to Define the Nutritional Parameters and Quality Indexes of Some Unusual Forages.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Engineered FungusJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Chemical Composition and Metabolomic Analysis ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Effect of amaranth leaf meal on performance, meat, and bone characteristics of Ross 308 broiler chickens.PloS one · 2022Article
- Exploring the Status of Preference, Utilization Practices, and Challenges to Consumption of Amaranth in Kenya and Tanzania.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2022Article
- The Influence of Different Amaranth Leaf Meal Inclusion Levels on Performance, Blood Profiles, and Gut Organ Characteristics of Ross 308 Broiler Chickens.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Characterization of the Phenolic Compounds in Different Plant Parts ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
This review presents, discusses, and provides a comprehensive understanding of the potential use of amaranth as feed for monogastric animals. Amaranth is an ancient nutritious crop that has been cultivated for multiple purposes. In America, Asia, and Africa, the leaves of amaranth species are used as vegetables. The change in climatic conditions globally has resulted in shortages of rainfall, unpredictable weather, and lack of inputs such as fertilizer. This has led to scarcity of protein sources in the market and instability in prices which makes it necessary to consider alternative ingredients in poultry, pigs, fish, and rabbits feed formulation. Amaranth is rich in fiber, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and phenolic compounds which have some health benefits in animals and can be used to improve productivity. It also contains anti-nutritional factors which can be reduced by several processing methods. Moreover, its use in monogastric nutrition is useful because amaranth has shown to improve monogastric productivity without having any adverse effect on animals' productivity. Thus, from this review, it can be concluded that amaranth leaves and grains can be used successfully in monogastric animals though different processing methods which might need to be employed in order to reduce anti-nutritional factors before use in animals.
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