ANN 111: Principles of Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology (2+1)

REQUIREMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION

Requirement

• Lactating Cow : 35 mg / day
• Piglet : 0.15 – 0.30 mg / kg feed
• Pig : 0.50 – 0.90 mg / kg feed
• Poultry- Broiler : 0.55 mg / kg feed
• Poultry – Layer : 0.25 mg / kg feed

Supplementation

• Folic acid is widely distributed in nature; green leafy materials, cereals and extracted oilseed meals are good sources of the vitamin.
• Folic acid is reasonably stable in food stored under dry conditions but it is readily degraded by moisture, particularly at high temperatures.
• It is also destroyed by ultraviolet light.