Animal/Poltry Nutrition

Anti-nutritional factors Anti-nutritional factors (ANFs) are substances that when present in animal feed or water they either by themselves or through their metabolic products reduce the availability of one or more nutrients. Plants contain starch polysaccharides and no-starch polysaccharides (NSPs),

Poultry nutrition has been extensively researched so the nutritive requirement of laying hens is well known. The degree of sophistication is such that different strains of laying hens have feeds formulated to meet their specific requirements. The basic requirements are for protein, carbohydrates,