Protein and Amino Acid Nutrition in Geese

Abstract

Performance parameters of poultry have been improved compared to the past. This improvement is mainly based on breeding studies and it is followed by nutrition studies. Since the industrial aspect of poultry became important, feed costs has been increased, and growing poultry industry has been produce more environmental contamination, there has been an increasing need of new nutrition strategies. There has been important changes and developments regarding protein and amino acid nutrition. Due to progress of amino acid industry and was knowledge of digestible amino acids contents of many feedstuff, like all poultry, geese nutrition as well needs to evolve into new nutrition strategies which can meet the needs. This review focuses on the need and developments of protein and amino acid nutrition of geese.