Research Accomplishment Reports 2009

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Development of Nutrient Requirements

G. Cromwell
Department of Animal and Food Science

 

Non-Technical Summary

It is important to establish nutrient requirements of farm animals. This proposal will allow us to establish a working committee to begin the process of developing procedures to establish nutrient requirements.

2009 Project Description

Activity included meeting with contemporaries in the animal nutrition area to investigate ways of developing a system for publishing updated nutrient requirements of livestock and poultry more frequently than is currently being done.

2009 Impact

Contacts were made at multi-state meetings, regional and national animal science meetings, and feed industry conferences. Various options were discussed which led to the submission of a National Research Support Project Proposal to the Experiment Station Directors.