Animal Nutrition
Pellet Feeding in Poultry
Feed pelleting is the process of converting finely ground mash feed into dense, free flowing pellets or capsules using steam injection (moisture and heat) and mechanical pressure >>>
Animal Husbandry News
ICAR-NIANP commercializes anti-methanogenic feed supplement ‘Harit Dhara’
Livestock production is interlinked with climate change in two ways. At one hand, livestock production contributes significantly to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission while on the other hand it is >>>
Animal Husbandry
Role of Betaine as Feed additive in Poultry Production
Betaine is the trimethyl derivative of the amino acid glycine. As a by-product of sugarbeet processing, betaine is commercially available as a feed additive. Due to its chemical structure >>>
Animal Nutrition
Premix Manufacturing Processes and its Role in Livestock
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 >>>
Animal Nutrition
Roles of Minerals in Reproduction of Dairy Animals
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 >>>
Animal Nutrition
Methodology of Quality Improvement of Feed Stuff
Demand for livestock products is increasing worldwide, along with population growth, urbanisation, and rising incomes (Alexandratos and Bruinsma, 2012). However, shortage and the >>>
Animal Nutrition
Bioavailability of minerals and factors affecting it
Bioavailability of mineral is also influenced by the concentration of other minerals in the diet. For example, high levels of sulfur or molybdenum interfere with copper absorption. >>>
Animal Diseases
Rumen manipulation: An important strategy to improve livestock productivity
Rumen manipulation is expected to improve helpful processes while it reduces, removes, and changes the processes, which are dangerous to the host >>>
Animal Diseases
Interaction of vitamins with infections in animals
Vitamins have diverse biochemical functions. Vitamin A acts as a regulator of cell and tissue growth and differentiation. Vitamin D provides a hormone-like >>>
Animal Nutrition
Feeding of Area Specific Mineral Mixture to Dairy Animals: Need of the Hour
There is an urgent need of development of area specific mineral mixture (ASMM) for different regions and states of the country in order to ensure supplementation >>>
Animal Nutrition
Insect meal: an unconventional feed source
we all know what an insect is but insects can be used as a meal for poultry or the other animals that is the new thing to us. Insects are the source of protein. In the absence of convent >>>
Animal Nutrition
Animal Nutrition: Feed & feeding
India is celebrated nutrition week this September month. All we have a great focus on our human health, but why we can’t focused on our pashudhan. Good health is essential for good performance and the welfare of dairy cows, and nutrition an important component of good health. >>>
Animal Nutrition
Feed Additives as Essential Inputs for Dairy Industry
The products which are fed to animals in addition to feed to improve its quality thereby affecting animal health and productivity are referred to as feed additives. High producing dairy cows need additional nutrients to maintain their production level in addition to optimum body condition. >>>
