This books meets the curricular needs of undergraduate veterinary students (as per the VCI MSVE), postgraduate as well as doctoral students focusing on applied nutrition. The addition of updated ICAR 2024 Nutrient Requirements and Chicken Feeds— Specification (Sixth Revision; BIS 2024) has indeed contributed tremendously to enhancing the reference value of this book. It will serve as a resource book in providing cutting-edge information to teachers and scientists of animal production and animal health disciplines also on feeding of poultry, pigs, horses, rabbits and laboratory animals apart from others related to monogastric animal feeding. Further, it is a useful guide to field veterinarians and extension workers of departments of animal husbandry and agriculture. Table of Contents 1. Importance of animal agriculture for human health and well-being 2. Digestion and absorption of nutrients in the monogastric animals 3. Feed intake regulation and prediction in monogastric Animals 4. Poultry nutrition 5. Swine nutrition 6. Horse nutrition 7. Rabbit nutrition 8. Laboratory animal nutrition 9. Antibiotic growth promoters in animal production—potential replacement for AGP—feed additives to improve gut health 10. Body composition of animals 11. Foodstuffs, nutrients and their functions; production of healthy animal products 12. Unconventional or less popular feeds in monogastric animal feeding.
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