Rations are mostly formulated for poultry. Before its formulation, the following should be borne in mind,
- The purpose of keeping the animal e.g egg laying or for table.
- The age of the animal.
- The cost of ration ingredients.
The major ingredient s in an ideal ration be it chick marsh, growers marsh or layers marsh are as follows:
Yellow maize: provides vitamin A and carbohydrate.
White maize: provides carbohydrate.
Rice bran: provides carbohydrate and acts as midlings.
Wheat offals: provide carbohydrate and act as midlings.
Guinea corn: provides carbohydrate
Palm kernel cake: provides lipids, vitamin, proteins
Coconut cake: provides lipids, vitamins, proteins.
Bean meal: provides proteins, carbohydrate, lipids.
Groundnut cake: provides protein, lipids, vitamins.
Pigeon pea: provides protein, lipids, vitamins.
Bone meal: Provides minerals like calcium and phosphorus.
Oyster shell and grot: Minerals like calcium and phosphorus.
Blood meal: Provides protein, minerals like iron and copper.
Cotton seed meal: Provides protein, carbohydrate, vitamins and lipids.
Linseed meal: Provides protein, carbohydrate, vitamins and lipids.
Fish meal: Provides proteins, lipids and vitamins.
Common salt or salt lick: Provides mineral salts like sodium, iodine, chlorine and so many others.
Rations
A ration is the particular quantity of food an animal is given per day.
Types of Rations
Balanced Ration: This is a ration which consists of the essential food substance in the right proportion e.g
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