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'''Meat and bone meal''' ('''MBM''') is a product of the [[rendering (food processing)|rendering]] industry.  It is typically about 50% [[protein]], 35% [[ash (analytical chemistry)|ash]], 8-12% [[fat]], and 4-7% [[moisture]].  It is primarily used in the formulation of [[fodder|animal feed]] to improve the [[amino acid]] profile of the feed.  Feeding of MBM to cattle is thought to have been responsible for the spread of [[Bovine spongiform encephalopathy|BSE]] (mad cow disease).  In most parts of the world, MBM is no longer allowed in feed for [[ruminant]] animals.  However, in some areas, including the US, MBM is still used to feed [[monogastric]] animals. It is widely used in the United States as a low-cost meat in [[dog food]] and [[cat food]]. [http://www.pedigree.com/really-good-food/product-page.aspx?id=1058&prevPage=adult]

In [[Europe]], some MBM is used as ingredients in petfood but the vast majority is now used as a fossil-fuel replacement for renewable energy generation, as a fuel in cement kilns, [[landfill|landfilling]] or [[incineration]].  

Meat and bone meal has around two thirds the energy value of fossil fuels such as coal; the UK particular widely uses meat and bone meal for the generation of renewable electricity. This was particularly prominent after many cattle were slaughtered during the [[Bovine spongiform encephalopathy|BSE]] crisis. 

Meat and bone meal is increasingly used in cement kilns as an environmentally sustainable replacement for coal.

==See also==
* [[Glanford Power Station]]

==References==

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* Adedokun, S. A. and L. Adeola. 2005. Metabolizable energy value of meat and bone meal for pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 83(11): 2519-2526.
* Fernando, T. 1992. Blood meal, meat and bone meal and tallow. In Inedible meat by-products, Essex, England: Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd., 81-112.
* Hendriks, W. H., C. A. Butts, D. V. Thomas, K. A. C. James, P. C. A. Morel and M. W. A. Verstegen. 2002. Nutritional quality and variation of meat and bone meal. Asian Austral. J. Anim. 15(10): 1507-1516.
* Pearl, G. G. 2004. Meat and bone meal usage in modern swine diets. Render 33(2): 50-53,57.
* Taylor, D. M. and S. L. Woodgate. 2003. Rendering practices and inactivation of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy agents. Rev. Sci. Tech. OIE 22(1): 297-310.
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==External links==

*[http://www.pdm-group.co.uk/renewable_energy/energy_generation.html  PDM Group]  Information on the use of meat and bone meal for renewable power generation.

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[[Category:Meat industry]]
[[Category:Fodder]]

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