Morus alba L. is a perennial deep-rooted deciduous woody plant of the genus Morus. Mulberry leaves are rich in protein, minerals, fatty acids, and trace elements. And it contains lysine, phenylalanine, glutamic acid, and aspartic acid, which account for more than half of the total amino acid content required for animal growth. Because of its many advantages such as rich protein, good palatability, large yield, and low cost, it can be used as an additive in animal feeds is coming to the fore.
To meet the demand for the development and utilization of mulberry leaves in feed chemistry, Lifeasible has opened up mulberry leaf fermentation services for feed processing, animal nutrition research, fertilizer improvement, breeding production, and other related fields. We can prepare mulberry leaf fermented feed using mixed fermentation. Through the L9 orthogonal test, the sensory quality, dry matter crude protein, crude fiber content, and tannin degradation rate of mulberry leaf fermented feed are used as indicators to examine the key factors in mulberry leaf fermentation production and determine the best process for mulberry leaf fermentation.
Screening of microbial additives suitable for making fermented mulberry leaf feed
| Commonly used fermentation strains (compound strains) |
Uses |
| Lactic acid bacteria |
It can produce organic acid in the fermentation process, improve the palatability of feed, lower the pH value of animal intestine and improve the digestibility of feed. |
| Yeast |
It can ferment polysaccharides into oligosaccharides, promote the proliferation of probiotics, improve animal intestinal flora and improve feed palatability. |
| Bacillus subtilis |
It can produce protease, lipase, and amylase, which can hydrolyze the peptide chain of mulberry leaf protein and form low molecular easily absorbed peptides. |
| Mold |
Increase crude protein content in mulberry leaf feeds. |
We use the crude protein content (Kjeldahl method), crude fat content (Soxhlet extraction method), crude fiber content (decoction method), crude ash content (scorching method), and pH value in fermented mulberry leaves as indicators, which can be screened for strains from different sources. This allows optimizing the combination of candidate fermentation strains for different mulberry leaf feeds to meet the growth and development needs of different animals.
| Applicable animal |
Details |
| Model animals |
Rats, mice |
| Poultry |
Chicken, goose |
| Fish |
Tilapia, Carassius auratus, Micropterus salmoides, Ctenopharyngodon idella |
| Livestock |
Goats, sheep, beef cattle, dairy cattle, buffalo, rabbits, pigs |
| Others |
Tenebrio molitor |
Advantages
- Reduce the content of anti-nutritional factors such as tannin and phytic acid in mulberry leaves.
- Improve the growth performance of animals, enhance immune function, improve meat quality and reduce feeding costs.
- It not only improves the utilization rate of mulberry leaves but also enhances the comprehensive economic benefits.
- Improve the quality and flavor of livestock and poultry products.
Mulberry leaves are highly productive and stable, with comprehensive nutrition and high forage value. Lifeasible not only provides soybean meal fermentation services to our customers but also pays high attention to mulberry leaves as a high-quality protein forage resource. We are trying to maximize the potential of mulberry leaves as an animal forage supplement through rational utilization and fermentation of mulberry leaves. We welcome interested customers to contact us and conduct research projects together on the fermentation of mulberry leaves as a high-quality feed.
For research use only, not intended for any clinical use.
