Amino acids in animal nutrition

The nutrition of livestock has played a critical and essential role in the improvements which have been achieved from a combination of good breeding and good husbandry techniques. Nutrition is therefore a component which needs to be continually updated as new scientific information becomes available. Amino acids are feed additives which are an integral part of feeding regimes. In some instances they may act as replacements for naturally produced proteins, helping to save and spare protein and reduce nitrogen excretion. In the future, amino acids will become even more important in order to ensure that animal production does not waste precious feed resources required by the human population, that animal production systems are environmentally compatible and that the optimum use is made of the potential of breed improvemenent. Contents: - Protein and amino acids - Amino acids requirements - Amino acid supplementation in compound feed - Ecological aspects of amino acid usage - Processing of amino acids in feedstuffs