Poultry Nutritional Requirements
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 82
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The nutritional requirements of poultry can be categorized into two main areas: maintenance and production. Maintenance requirements refer to the energy and nutrients required to keep poultry healthy, while production requirements involve the needs related to growth, reproduction, and egg production. When the feed does not meet poultry's nutritional requirements, it can lead to health issues. Excessive intake of certain nutrients may also harm poultry welfare or contribute to environmental pollution.
Over the past 10 to 20 years, research has been published on improvements in our understanding of the role of nutrients in poultry health, their mechanisms, and digestible nutrients for feed ingredient evaluation, but there remains immense room for improvement in precisely defining poultry nutritional requirements, metabolic patterns, and nutrient interactions in different production systems.
This Special Issue aims to publish research related to the nutritional needs of poultry, including aspects such as energy, amino acids, and micronutrients, as well as studies on deficiencies or diseases caused by imbalances in these nutritional requirements.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Fernando Guilheme Perazzo Costa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- poultry
- requirements
- energy
- amino acid
- vitamins
- trace elements
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