Potential Use of Brewers’ Grain as an Animal Feed in and around Population Centers in Mongolia

Abstract

The potential use of brewers’ grain (BG) for animal feed was estimated, targeting Ulaanbaatar and Tuv Prefecture in Mongolia. Relative data such as numbers of animals in the country and areas under study, production, chemical composition, and costs of purchase and transportation of BG compared with wheat bran (WB) were used for analysis. Although BG was less widely available than WB, the costs of purchase and transportation of BG may be lower for areas near the central production sites, and the opportunities for BG use were increasing for herders further out of production. The results of this study indicate a good potential for BG to be utilized as animal feed in the target areas.