1 / 9

Basic Principles in Poultry Nutrition –An overview

Basic Principles in Poultry Nutrition –An overview. Nutrition: The process. Digesting - breakdown of food into small soluble products Absorbing – uptake of soluble sugar, amino acids etc into the blood stream Assimilation - Converting food into tissue and energy.

keiki
Télécharger la présentation

Basic Principles in Poultry Nutrition –An overview

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Basic Principles in Poultry Nutrition –An overview

  2. Nutrition: The process • Digesting - breakdown of food into small soluble products • Absorbing – uptake of soluble sugar, amino acids etc into the blood stream • Assimilation - Converting food into tissue and energy

  3. In formulating diets the following nutrients are considered : • Carbohydrates • Fats • Proteins • Minerals • Vitamins • Water • Nutricines – Probiotics, Organic acids, Mycotoxin binders, Emulsifiers

  4. These nutrients are provided by the ingredients that make-up the diet. Ingredients are classified as:

  5. Formulation = • Balance needs • Ingredients ( local materials ) • Costs

  6. Commercial poultry rations – contain essential ingredients for the birds : • Maintenance • Growth • Production • Egg / Meat • Deposition of fat • Feather

  7. Assignment : • What are the components of proteins? • What is energy and in what unit is it measured? • What is Basal Metabolism?

  8. Further reading: • Recent Developments in Poultry Nutrition- by J Wiseman P.C. Garnsworthy ( Editors). Published by Wiley John & Sons Incorporated, July 2003, ISBN-13:978189767643. • Feeding Poultry. The Classic Guide to Poultry Nutrition for chickens, Turkey, Geese, Game birds and Pigeons by Gustave F. 9. • Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Poultry by R. Blar,2008.

More Related