A solid state fermentation, its role in animal nutrition: A review

Abstract

The huge nutritious potential of agricultural based byproducts has generated an interest of nutritionist for utilizing these efficient ways and improves the production of animals. In concern to this, solid state fermentation (SSF) is a promising novel technique. The lignocellulosic structural characters of plant residues provides a solid support and act as a substrates for the microbial fermentation to produce a certain value added products through SSF. SSF has a wide scope in the field of animal nutrition in terms for the production of enzymes, bioactive components, organic acids, vitamins, and feed additives, bio transforming products, biological degradation and detoxification of agricultural residues/wastes. The inclusion of SSF biomass has a great impact on nutritive composition of feed, performance, hemo-biochemical status, gut morphology, gut microbiota, carcass attributes, rumen fermentation along with the reduction in enteric methane emission of animals and poultry birds. This review highlighting a most imperative technique of SSF and its positive influence on improve digestibility of crop residues along with betterment of gut health, health status and ultimate performance of ruminants and non ruminants animals and birds.