By-product: Date waste as feed ingredient for ostriches

The by-product, whole date waste, is a valuable feed ingredient and can be incorporated into the diets of ostrich chicks to improve stress-related variables and antioxidant status. Ostriches are monogastric herbivores with a relatively large digestive tract, and their ability to digest and utilise fibre-rich plant distinguishes them from other monogastric herbivores. The hindgut represents about 61% of the length of the total digestive tract in the ostrich, it is only 11% the length in broile