GEN BIO Q3

• Animal nutrition


  Focuses on dietary needs and feeding habits of animals
• Study of animal nutrition includes NFDAM

  • Nutrients
  • Functions
  • Digestion
  • Absorption
  • Metabolism
• Animal nutrition is vital for health, growth, reproduction, and productivity of animals
• Components of animal nutrition

  • Proteins
  • Carbohydrates
  • Fats
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Water
• Tailored diets


  Developed by nutritionists for different species based on age, weight, activity, and environment
• Advancements in animal nutrition

  • Improve feed efficiency
  • Reduce environmental impacts
  • Enhance animal well-being
• Energy is produced through diet and digestion
• Animal diet varies widely due to diversity of animal life
• Diet provides materials for building DNA and complex molecules needed for growth, maintenance, and reproduction (biosynthesis)
• Diet is also the source of materials for ATP production in cells
• Balanced diet essential for providing minerals and vitamins required for cellular processes
• Fundamental requirements of animal diet

  • Well-balanced diet
  • Provides essential nutrients for bodily functions
  • Supplies minerals and vitamins for maintaining structure and regulation
  • Necessary for good health and reproductive capability
• Food provides organic molecules essential for cells and tissues