Animal Nutrition

UPSC CSE Syllabus

1. Partitioning of food energy within the animal and Systems for expressing energy value of foods in ruminants, pigs and poultry, Direct and indirect calorimetry and Carbon Nitrogen balance and comparative slaughter methods. 

2. Energy requirements for maintenance, growth, pregnancy, lactation, egg, wool, and meat production, Latest advances in protein nutrition, Energy protein interrelationships and Evaluation of protein quality. Use of NPN compounds in ruminant diets and Protein requirements for maintenance, growth, pregnancy, lactation, egg, wool and meat production.

3. Sources, physiological functions and deficiency symptoms of Major and trace minerals and Toxic minerals and Mineral interactions and Role of fat-soluble and water soluble vitamins in the body, their sources and deficiency symptoms.

4. Feed additives – methane inhibitors, probiotics, enzymes, antibiotics, hormones, oligosaccharides, antioxidants, emulsifiers, mould inhibitors, buffers etc. Use and abuse of growth promoters like hormones and antibiotics – latest concepts.

5. Conservation of fodders. Storage of feeds and feed ingredients. Recent advances in feed technology and feed processing and Anti nutritional and toxic factors present in livestock feeds, Feed analysis and quality control, Digestibility trials – direct, indirect and indicator methods, Predicting feed intake in grazing animals.

6. Advances in ruminant nutrition. Nutrient requirements. Balanced rations, Feeding of calves, pregnant, work animals and breeding bulls, Strategies for feeding milch animals during different stages of lactation cycle, Effect of feeding on milk composition. 

7. Feeding of goats for meat and milk production, Feeding of sheep for meat and wool production, Nutrient requirements of swine. Creep, starter, grower and finisher rations, Feeding of pigs for lean meat production. Low cost rations for swine.

8. Special features of poultry nutrition, Nutrient requirements for meat and egg production and Formulation of rations for different classes of layers and broilers.

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