ANIMAL nutrition AGRICULTURE ,

DEPARTMENT
welcoming lecture N.MADOLO

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OUTLINE -course topics

2.CLASSIFICATION OF 3. FEED EVALUATION 4. Ruminant

1.INTRODUCTION- FEEDS AND / PROXIMATE nutrition
FEEDSTUFFS.. ANALYSIS. (5)

5. Feed and nutrient 7. Feeding standards

6. Partitioning of 8. Voluntary feed
digestibility and and ration
feed energy intake
degradability formulation
(7) (9)
(6) (8)
Animal Nutrition- ?
Nutrition can be also
defined as is the
application of scientific
knowledge of day-to-day
feeding of livestock

which encompasses the

procurement, ingestion,
digestion and absorption
of the chemical elements
that serve as feed ?
  It is the major pillar for a
profitable and sustainable farming

What is
animal
nutrition?
WHAT IS ANIMAL NUTRITION?-

the needs of the animal for

specific and essential
Nutrition may be defined
factors such as water,
as the science which is
energy, amino acids, fatty
concerned with:
acids, vitamins and
minerals;

the analysis of various

foods and diets for their the effects of deficiencies
contents of these essential of these items.
nutrients; and
REASONS WHY ANIMALS
NEED FEED

MAINTENANCE GROWTH

REPRODUCTION LACTATION

OTHER
WORKING PRODUCTS AND
USES
IMPORTANCE SCIENTIFIC
TERMS:
• Feed conversion Ratio; Feed
Conversion efficiency (FCE): The gain in
weight in
• Kg or lb, produced by one Kg or one lb
of feed. It is reciprocal
• of the feed conversion ratio.
• Feed conversion ratio (FCR): The
amount of feed in Kg or
• lb necessary to produce one Kg or one
lb of weight gain.