Animal Nutrition

Protein: essential for calcium absorption

Protein: primarily used for energy production

Protein: necessary for vitamin synthesis

Protein: required for growth, repair, to build muscle, lactation (milk production), used to produce enzymes, hormones and antibodies.

Maintenance diet: to provide essential nutrients for newborn animals

Maintenance diet: meant for rapid weight gain in animals

Maintenance diet: only for reducing animal weight

Maintenance diet: the amount of feed that allows an animal to maintain good health and condition with no loss or gain in weight.

Vitamin A helps in hormone production

Vitamin A aids in muscle repair

Vitamin A is essential for carbohydrate digestion

Vitamin A is required for bone development and normal vision.

Methane is a byproduct of fat digestion in ruminants

There is a greater loss of digestible energy in ruminant animals due to methane production during fermentation in the rumen.

Methane aids in protein synthesis in ruminants

Methane helps in nutrient absorption in ruminants

Calcium is essential for producing bones and teeth, especially in lactating animals.

Calcium is necessary for vitamin synthesis

Calcium helps in muscle growth

Calcium aids in energy production

Vitamin D is required for the formation of healthy bones and teeth.

Vitamin D aids in hormone regulation

Vitamin D helps in muscle growth

Vitamin D is essential for energy production

High protein helps calves digest carbohydrates better

The rumen of calves is not fully developed or functional, therefore calves must be fed high quality protein to ensure they get all amino acids (essential and non essential) for growth.

Calves do not require protein in their diet

High protein is needed for calves to produce milk

Minerals: essential for protein synthesis

Minerals: some are required in large amounts, e.g. calcium for producing bones and teeth, lactating animals. Magnesium is required for the utilisation of energy in the body. Other minerals are required in smaller amounts, e.g. iron for the production of haemoglobin.

Minerals: primarily used for energy production

Minerals: necessary for vitamin absorption

Vitamins: essential for immune function

Carbohydrate: energy, to produce heat.

Fat: insulation and vitamin source

Protein: for growth and repair

To add flavor and variety to the diet

To reduce the cost of feed production

To prevent deficiency diseases as the mineral might be deficient in the soil or fodder crops that the animals are being fed.

To increase the shelf life of the feed

Vitamin K is necessary for enzyme activation in animals

Vitamin K is essential for blood clotting in animals.

Vitamin K is required for energy production in animals

Vitamin K helps in muscle growth in animals

Magnesium

Copper

Iron

Boron

Soya bean meal

Corn

Wheat

Barley

Omnivorous animals

Ruminant animals

Monogastric animals

Herbivorous animals

To increase energy levels

To promote rapid growth

To maintain good health and condition with no loss or gain in weight

To provide extra nutrients