08/02/2021
*FEED CONVERSATION RATIO (F.C.R)*
We all battle with high feeding cost of our animals. Do we understand the basics of feeding let alone the nutrition
The economics, Formulation and rationale, hygiene, transportation and storage of feeding and nutrition and especially feed conversion ratio (FCR) and feed efficiency (FE)
As the topic of interest Feed conversion ratio (FCR) is the ratio of inputs (feeds) to output (milk, meat, eggs etc) or the rate at which the animal coverts the feed ingested into products as mentioned above.
(FCR) differs in most cases and this is due to the following;-
1 animal genetics.
2 animal age.
3 quality of feed ingredients.
4 conditions under which animals are kept.
5 storage and transportation of feeds among others.
Many farmers ask why some animals grow, yeild faster than the others especially poultry. This could be one of the reasons as to why...!
Thank you hope you find this useful as you wait for our next literature on feed efficiency(FE).
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