1. Quantitative and nutritional characterization of fruit and vegetable waste from marketplace: A potential use as bovine feedstuff?
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Angulo, Joaquin, Mahecha, Liliana, Yepes, Sergio A., Yepes, Angela M., Bustamante, Gilberto, Jaramillo, Harold, Valencia, Edward, Villamil, Tomás, and Gallo, Jorge
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ORGANIC wastes as feed , *CATTLE feeding & feeds , *FARMERS' markets , *FOOD chemistry , *CLUSTER analysis (Statistics) - Abstract
There are different sources for the generation of solid waste, and marketplaces are considered one of them. Fruit and vegetable waste (FV) from a marketplace in Colombia was quantitatively and nutritionally characterized to contribute to its use in bovine feeding and to contribute minimizing its environmental impact. The evaluation was carried out 7 days per week during 4 periods of the year. FV was grouped by cluster analysis using SAS® 2006. FV was composed of 43% fruit, 30% vegetables and 27% stems, leaves, leaf wrappers, corncobs, roots, refuse and others. FV was defined in four main groups. On average, FV contained 10% crude protein (CP), 36.6% neutral detergent fiber (NDF), 29.6% acid detergent fiber (ADF), 87.8% ruminal degradability at 24 h, 3657 kcal/kg, 0.59% calcium (Ca+2), and 0.21% phosphorous (P). There were no statistical differences between days or between periods of evaluation (p > 0.05) for CP or for Ca+2. As for NDF and ADF, there were statistically significant differences between periods but not between days. The microbiological parameters only increased when the humidity was up to 12%. FV represents a potential feedstuff for bovine feeding, and its recycling could avoid the discharge of a large amount of waste to landfills, which would minimize its environmental impact. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2012
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