India: the next darling of the global oilmeal market?
Time and again, India is compared with China in anything from manufacturing to agricultural commodities trade. Despite the differences in terms of their agri-food...
Insect Meal as an Alternative Protein Source for Poultry
Introduction
Protein sources are second largest component of Poultry diets. Due to limited distribution and expensive nature, usually Poultry is depriving of a rich protein...
Evaluating Protease Enzymes
Enzymes increase nutrients available in feed ingredients. Since enzymes are substrate specific, the benefit of the enzyme in the diet is dependent on the...
Feed Operations: Impact of Pelleting on Nutrient Digestibility
Components of the pelleting process, such as steam conditioning and feed retention time in the conditioner and die, expose feed to various degrees of...
Recent trends of soyabean production in India
Introduction
Feeding constitutes the fundamental and major management concern in poultry production since major expenditure (60-70%) in poultry raising is feed cost. Efficiency in feeding...
Ellagitannins with SCFA for improved performance of poultry
The use of antibiotics as growth promoters is predominant in the poultry industry until the concern about the development of antibiotic resistance was raised....
Feed technology – a cardinal tool to support milk production under food security act...
Introduction
Dairying in India has long tradition reaching up to Indus valley civilization; however its galloping stride placed the country top of the world during...
Feeding strategies for profitable dairying
Introduction
Optimizing milk production and reproduction are imperative for sustainable dairy farming. This can be achieved through the adoption of scientific feeding practices. Interventions pertaining...
Benefits of feeding Urea Molasses Mineral Block as a feed supplement to ruminants and...
IntroductionThe production of livestock is an integral part of farming systems. The principal forages used in India for feeding livestock are crop residues and...
Impact of bypass fat feeding on Dairy animals
The diet of high producing crossbred cows is usually deficient in energy during transition period (3 weeks before and after parturition) and early lactation....