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Oral presentations III | Animal nutrition and supplementation

Pigs, sheeps and chicken...
Almost all the common domesticated animals were present at the oral presentations about the Animal nutrition and supplementation. The topics covered in the presentations ranged from aspects of grazing, nutritional values as well as digestabilities of various components used in animal feeding.

Mounir Louhaichi presented his efforts to make applicable GPS technology in tracking and recording the spatial and temporal pattern when moving. This approach may help to improve the grazing schedules in order to optimaly use land resources in a more cost-effective and precise way.

How does different feeding supplements influences the performance of milk constitution of Awassi sheeps in Middle Eastern countries? Muhi El-Dine Hilali from international Cener for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) presented the outcomes of his research with respect to this question.

The to Prof. Kreutzer unknown tropical legume Mucuna pruriens L. formally known as Velvet Bean was investigated in the study of Vellingiri Vadivel from the University of Hohenheim. It was shown, that the Velvet Bean can be suggested as an alternative component in poultry feed after further investigation of the effects of toxins.

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