Chemical composition of poultry feedstuffs in tanzania

Abstract

Balancing feeds for monogastric animals requires reliable information with regard to the nutritional values of the available feed resources. Such information is limited for Tanzanian feedstuffs. In most cases feed formulations are based on the data obtained from other parts of the world. It is well known that chemical composition and hence feed values are influenced to a large extent by the processing techniques and ecological characteristics of the area and these make the acquired information not precisely representing the nutritional values of those feeds. leading into imbalanced compounded diets. Realizing this problem. researchers at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) saw the need to develop this catalogue of feed tables of poultry "feedstuffs with the major purpose of improving the quality of poultry feeds produced in Tanzania.