Feed and ration-specific restrictions

The aim of feeding livestock is to meet the energy and nutrient requirements, including bulk and trace elements as well as vitamins, depending on reproduction and performance, to avoid harmful effects on animal health and consumers of animal food, to protect nature, the environment and the climate from nutrient surpluses and emissions and to secure an income for livestock farmers.The aim is to cover the energy and nutrient requirements of livestock, including bulk and trace elements as well as vitamins, to avoid harmful effects on animal health and on consumers of animal foodstuffs, to protect nature, the environment and the climate from nutrient surpluses and emissions and to secure an income for livestock farmers. The nutrient carriers are the feed materials with their diverse properties. These specific properties of the feed materials have an influence on the fulfilment of requirements, acceptance, physiological effect in the organism, quality of the raw products produced, health and well-being of the livestock. The book contains the current state of knowledge on these important parameters and is primarily intended to help animal owners, feed consultants and veterinarians, manufacturers and traders of feed materials and compound feeds, premixes and additives to compile suitable rations that are appropriate for the species. It is also used in training and teaching.