Rodents represent a diverse group that shares commonalities in approaches to dietary management. Nutritional management of companion rodents must diverge from laboratory animal management, and must also consider the importance of a healthy gastrointestinal microbiome. Published requirements must be ...

In early studies, it was found that ruminants have a unique complex digestive and metabolic system, the abomasum and intestinal digesta empties are significantly different from those of monogastric animals. However, limited by research methods, few studies have been carried out on the composition...

Inulin is a fructosan type plant polysaccharide widely existing in nature, and it has many biological functions, such as promoting the absorbing of minerals, promoting glucose and lipid metabolism, anti-oxidation, prebiotic effect and so on. This article reviewed the extraction process and...

As one of the components of milk, milk-derived exosomes can carry and transmit important signaling molecules, thus mediating mother-child or interspecific information exchange, regulating a variety of physiological and pathological processes of newborn animals, including promoting the absorption...

Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element for aquaculture animals, which plays an important role in maintaining normal growth, enhancing immune and antioxidant functions. However, the range of suitable Se inclusion in the diet is very narrow and excess Se will result in a variety of toxic effects ...

The by-products of pepper are mainly composed of pepper straw and pepper meal, and the reserves are considerable, which can be used for livestock breeding feed. In this paper, the nutritional composition, the main active substances of pepper by-products and their feed-based applications in animal...

Feeding frequency refers to the number of feeding times per unit time (one day) for feeding animals, which is an important factor affecting the digestion and absorption of nutrients in animals. Moreover, feeding frequency can also play a regulatory role in nitrogen metabolism and nitrogen...

The high incidence of milk fever in dairy cows can be compounded by other diseases and lead to high culling rates. The prevention of milk fever through nutritional means has become one of the animal husbandry top research priorities. Anionic diets regulate calcium metabolism in dairy cows by...

Proanthocyanidins (PACs) are important natural biologically active substances that are widely existing in various plants. Recent studies have shown that the addition of PACs from different sources in animal diets can regulate the diversity and composition of intestinal microbiota, and interact with ...

This proceedings contains 30 papers on dairy cow, heifer and calf feeding; feed rations and formulation; feed nutritive value; feed supplements and additives; nutrition physiology and milk production and quality.