Animal Feed and Feeding: Lecture Notes

UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI
BUNDA COLLEGE

FEEDS AND FEEDING (ANS 321) 2012
LECTURE NOTES.

Raphael Woyera Banda (AGR/09/14),
Bunda College,
P.O Box 219,
Lilongwe.

FEEDS AND FEEDING (ANS–321) - 2012.
Animals are kept for a purpose and must benefit the one keeping them. The benefit may be;
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The animal itself (draft, entertainment and prestige) or

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The products from the animals for instance milk, meat or hides.

Animal husbandly involves;
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Animal health,

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Animal breeding,( improvement of the genotype))

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Animal nutrition and

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General animal management.

AIMS OF STUDYING FEEDS AND FEEDING (AS A COURSE)
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To enable students learn and apply knowledge and skills on how to feed various types and classes of animals.

COURSE OBJECTIVES.
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Know and list the characteristics of different types of commonly used animal feed stuffs, -

Identify different types of animal feeds,

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Know and describe nutrient requirement of different species and classes of livestock,

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Formulate and balance ration for livestock and poultry,

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Make hay and silage,

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Conduct simple processing of feedstuff,

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Feed different types of animals.

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TERMS AND DEFINITIONS.
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FEED.
Feed is defined as any material which when ingested by an animal is capable of being transformed into body elements of the animal.
The components of the feed that are capable being transformed into body elements of the animal are known as NUTRIENTS.
Feed may also be defined as the carrier of nutrients and potential energy in a ration.

NOTE.
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No feed has been found to be nutritionally complete for or balanced to the needs of a given animal (except milk at early stage of life or an egg for the embryo) thus after weaning no feed can be nutritionally complete.

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Many feeds contain undesirable substances that either
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