Fundamentals of Animal Nutrition

Contents:

History, scope, and development of the science of nutrition; basic terms used in animal nutrition’ digestive physiology of animals; classification of nutrients, water, its importance, functions, metabolism and turnover rates in the body,  sources of water, water requirements, factors affecting water requirements, water quality; Classification, structure, functions, and digestion of carbohydrates; Classification, structure, functions, and digestion of protein; classification, structure, functions and digestion of lipids; classification of minerals and their general functions;  classification of vitamins and their general functions; interrelationship of vitamins, minerals and their toxicity, absorption and transport of nutrients; anti-nutritional factors in feedstuffs, feed additives in animal feeding and usage.

Practical

Classification and identification of feed ingredients/feed raw materials, physical and nutritional characteristics of energy concentrates, physical and nutritional characteristics of protein concentrates, types of samples; feedstuff and feed samples collection techniques; sample preservation techniques; feed sample preparation for analysis, sample weighing techniques; introduction to feed analysis equipment, cleaning and washing of glassware for analysis; distilled water quality, preparation and standardization of different types of solutions

Text Book:

1. Wu, G. 2017. Principles of Animal Nutrition. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, New York.
2. Dryden, G. M. L. 2008. Animal Nutrition Science. CAB International.
3. Kellems, R.O. and D.C. Church. 2009. Livestock Feeds and Feeding. Prentice Hall Inc. New Jersey, USA.
4. Pond, W.G., D.C. Church, K.R. Pond and P.A. Schoknecht. 2005. Basic Animal Nutrition and Feeding. (5th Ed.), John Wiley and Sons, New York, USA.
5. Cheeke, P.R. 2005. Applied Animal Nutrition, Feeds, and Feeding. 3rd Ed. Pearson Prentice Hall Inc. New Jersey, USA.

COURSE OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES

To

• Define and explain the terminology used in the animal nutrition
• Describe major nutrient classes, feed classification, processing, and preservation procedures
• Elaborate relationship between dietary classification of animals and digestive processes in GIT

 Learning outcomes

After completing the course, students will be able to:

• Know about the digestive philosophy of poultry.
• Give nutrition in relation to body requirements
• Nutritional importance in the management of poultry