Aim: To determine the metabolizable protein (MP) content of common indigenous feedstuffs used in ruminant nutrition using in situ method. Materials and Methods: Nine ruminant feeds such as maize grain (MG), groundnut cake (GNC), mustard oilcake (MOC), cottonseed cake (CSC), deoiled rice bran (DORB), wheat bran (WB), berseem fodder (BF), maize fodder (MF) and sorghum fodder (SF) were included in...

Fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda is a devastating pest of over 350 plant species especially the cereal crops such as, maize, sorghum and rice. The currently posing threats to food security in Africa. FAW could be potential animal feed that can supplement chicken feed. However, there little information on its nutritional profile as poultry aim study was compare nutrient content larvae o...

Aim: This review was made to determine the effects of using tannin on fermentation quality and animal nutrition as a different alternative additives used prevent spoilage silages, which are widely in today's livestock. Tannins polyphenolic compounds natural with characteristic odor, acrid taste, colors from yellow white, can also be found feeds such gallnut, oak, chestnut rapeseed, broad bean, ...

BACKGROUND The choice of infant formula is thought to play an important role on gastric emptying (GE) in a variety of gastrointestinal disorders. It is known that many ingredients impact on GE, including the type of protein and level of hydrolysis. In clinical practice, feeds are often recommended due to putative improved GE related to the type of protein and level of hydrolysis, however whethe...

In the practice of producing concentrated compound feeds, use meat and bone meal is widespread. 1 kg this feed component contains 50 g protein. most economically developed countries, waste in technological chain processing agricultural products for preparation feeds contributes both to meeting needs intensive animal husbandry rational all reserve resources. It determined, that variation composi...

Background: Much attention has been paid to poultry feed processing and the contamination In Iran in order to improve the production and reduce the waste.  No information is available on the fungal contamination and the strains found in processed (pellet) and non-processed (mash) poultry feeds. This study was designed to determine the hygienic condition and the risk of fungal contamination...

The objectives of this experiment were to measure intestinal digestibility of AA in the rumen-undegraded protein fraction (RUP-AA) of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and fish meal (FM) samples and to determine whether these feeds contain a constant protein fraction that is undegradable in the rumen and indigestible in the small intestine, as assumed in the French Institut National ...

The cost of feed is the most important cost in pig or poultry (meat, egg, etc.) production (#6070%); the energy component represents the greatest proportion (>80%) of that cost; while protein and minerals (phosphorus mainly) supplies in feed are much less expensive but crucial for performance of animals and levels of wastes and potential pollutions in the environment. Therefore, it is important...

In 2006 in Germany new recommendations for the supply of energy and nutrients to pigs were published, including a modification of the energy evaluation on the basis of metabolisable energy for pigs (MES). It was the objective of this meta-analysis to calculate equations that can be used for predicting MES in compound feeds for pigs on the basis of their nutrient concentrations. Data from digest...

Thirty-five available feeds were fermented in vitro in order to investigate their soluble total organic carbon (TOCs) and methane (CH4) production rate. A fermentation reactor was designed to capture the CH4 gas emitted and to collect liquor from the reactor during in vitro fermentation. The results showed that CH4 production rate greatly varied among feeds with different ingredients. The lowes...