Handbook Of Animal Feed Formulations

This handbook on animal feed formulations has been prepared by the American Soybean Association to assist poultry feed millers, nutritionists, and poultry farmers to formulate good quality poultry feeds. ASA intends this document to be an easily readable reference manual reviewing each and every aspect of poultry nutrition.

Students in animal science, industry personnel involved in the feeding of animals, and professionals working for feed-mixing companies will all benefit from this current, comprehensive package - a text on the economic and nutritional aspects of feed formulations that optimize nutritional content while minimizing costs. Animal Feed Formulation applies a well-tested, easy-to-use computer program called UFFDA that illustrates the principles of least-cost food formulation. Developed in a cooperative effort by the Departments of Poultry Science and Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia, UFFDA is menu-driven software that has the editing capabilities of a spreadsheet program for altering the ingredient and nutrient matrix. The book begins by solving a simple ration-balancing problem, providing step-by-step instructions with the computer program that any user - even one without computer training - can readily follow. It then discusses specific feed formulation techniques in terms of their practical applications and economic implications. Included are such techniques as sensitivity analysis, parametric cost and nutrient ranging, optimum-density formulation, multi-blending, and risk analysis, among others. Applying these and other techniques using the special features of UFFDA, users can select the proper ingredients, adjust proportions among nutrients, determine which feeds might require scarce ingredients, consider the risks involved in dealing with ingredients with below-average compositions, and ultimately determine the costs and nutritional content of various feed formulations. The program can be applied to determining feed formulations for any animal, including sheep, beef and dairy cattle, swine, turkeys, broilers, catfish, and horses. Practitioners who are growing animals will be able to maximize the nutritional content of their feed while keeping costs down. Professionals working in feed-mixing companies will be able to maximize profits by offering products composed of low-cost ingredients that are also of good nutritional value. Students will gain a firm background in nutritional and economic concepts, insight into how to apply them to practical problems, and an understanding of the way good nutrition and good value can be achieved by applying the latest computer technology.

PART-I Applied Nutrition-I (Livestock feeding) 1 Feeding Experiments in Animal Nutrition 2 Determination of Digestibility Coefficients 3 Estimation of Nutrient Requirements for Various Body Functions 4 Feeding Standards in Animal Nutrition 5 Nutrient Requirement and Feeding of Cattle 6 Nutrient Requirement and Feeding of Buffaloes 7 Nutrient Requirement and Feeding of Goats 8 Nutrient Requirement and Feeding of Sheep 9 Nutrient Requirement and Feeding of Swine 10 Nutrient Requirement and Feeding of Poultry 11 Nutrient Requirement and Feeding of Ducks 12 Utilization and Economics of Unconventional Feedstuffs PART-II Applied Nutrition-II (Human, Pet and other animals nutrition) 1 Composition of Various Food Products in the Human Diet 2 Nutrient Requirement and Feeding of Human Being 3 Modification of Diet under Selected Conditions 4 Hygienic Preparation, Preservation and Storage of Feed Stuffs 5 Processing of Various Feed Stuffs 6 Nutrient Requirement and Feeding of Laboratory Animals 7 Nutrient Requirement and Feeding of Dog 8 Nutrient Requirements and Feeding of Cats 9 Nutrient Requirements and Feeding of Horse Appendix (i) Appendix (ii) Appendix (iii) Index.

The feed manufacturing business; Composition and digestibility of feedstuffs; Nutrients, their uses and deficiencies; Effect of processing on feed quality; Effect of storage on nutritional value; Beef cattle formulations; Dairy cattle formulations; Horse formulations; Poultry formulations; Sheep formulations; Swine formulations; Dog formulations; Utilization of a ration; Variation in feed ingredients; How to make a feed formula; Selection of feeds for formulas; Classification of feedstuffs; Costs of procuring, manufacturing and distributing mixed feeds; Microingredients and premixes; Linear programming; Special points to feed manufacturers; Cautions to feed manufacturers; Feed standards and the feed control service.