Abstract

In India, Poultry Feed constitutes nearly 60-70% of the recurring cost of the farm. Poultry feed is manufactured as per the feed formulae arrived based on nutrient recommendations for a particular category of poultry and feed composition. Nutrient recommendations published by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) (1994) are available as a guide for feed manufacturers in our country. These recommendations include margin of safety for certain nutrients. The technology of feed processing has undergone substantial improvement in recent years. It was only sixty years ago that feeds tuffs were mixed on the warehouse floor by the use of a shovel. Feed processing has progressed from the simple mixing of several ingredients by hand to mechanical mixing, to continuous mixing, and now to computer controlled mixing and pelleting.