Encyclopaedia of Commercial Poultry Nutrition Concepts, Methods and Techniques (Poultry Feed Technology)

Global consumption of poultry products, especially poultry meat, has consistently increased over the years, and this trend is expected to continue. Much of the increase in global demand for poultry products will be found in developing countries. Such growth in the poultry industry is having a profound effect on the demand for feed and raw materials. However, it is also becoming clear that the requirements for the four traditional feed ingredients - maize, soybean meal, fishmeal and meat meal- cannot be met, even according to optimistic forecasts. The gap between local supply and demand for these traditional ingredients is expected to widen over the coming decades, providing a compelling reason for exploring the usefulness of locally available, alternative feedstuff in feed formulations. A wide range of alternative feedstuffs are available for feeding in all the three poultry production systems.