Nutrition has an important effect on reproductive potential of all living species. Body condition is a useful indicator of nutritional status and when used in conjunction with body >>>
Livestock is one of the fastest growing agricultural subsectors in developing Countries including India. The demand for dairy products like milk and milk products is >>>
Designer eggs are those in which the content has been modified from standard egg. The content of the chicken egg can be changed in such a way as to be more healthful. >>>
Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi (molds) that cause an undesirable effect (mycotoxicosis) when animals are exposed. Exposure is usually by consumption of contaminated >>>
Common salt eaten by animals is made up of two elements sodium and chloride and chemically it is sodium chloride. Both these elements are required by animals. There is 0.2 percent blood sodium in >>>
Ruminal Microbial Protein Synthesis Ruminants are distinguished from the rest of the animals by the morpho-physiological adaptation of the upper part of their stomach. This peculiarity allows them >>>
Dietary fat, which is not degraded in upper part of digestive tract (rumen) of animal, but gets digested in lower alimentary tract is known as bypass fat. This bypass fat is also known as: Rumen >>>
Almost the entire quantity of dry fodder comes from the cultivated crops, mainly from cereals as straws. Of the 757 Mt of green fodder consumed by livestock, about 40 per cent (302 Mt) comes from grazing while cultivated fodder crops >>>
The feeding of ruminant livestock in many countries of the world is dependent on readily available low quality roughages or crop residues. In poorer countries that are densely populated >>>
Reproductive efficiency of the animal is an important factor for the success of any dairy farm. Among other nutrients minerals play very important role in maintaining reproductive he >>>
Demand for livestock products is increasing worldwide, along with population growth, urbanisation, and rising incomes (Alexandratos and Bruinsma, 2012). However, shortage and the >>>
Water is essential nutrient which is involved in all basic physiological functions of the body. However, it is important to note that water, relative to other nutrients >>>
otal Mixed Ration (TMR) is a method of feeding dairy cattle and buffaloes for a handsome profit returns. It features the blended approach; forages, concentrates, protein supplements, minerals >>>
Selenium has long been recognized as a mineral toxic to animals, but only recently has it been shown to be a nutritional requirement. Selenium was reported essential for animal health in 1957 >>>
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