Recent advances and future directions in poultry nutrition - A Review

The poultry industry in India has made a remarkable growth and it is currently emerging as a sunrise sector with a growth rate of 8.51 and 7.52% in egg and broiler production, respectively. Also, the per capita consumption of eggs has gone up from 30 to 68 eggs per annum and demand for processed chicken meat has been growing by 15–20% per annum. The worldwide consumption of poultry products such as meat plus eggs are currently high and it is growing continuously as compared to other livestock products. So, it is important to know what the recent advances that were made and what will be the future directions in poultry nutrition in a brief. Recent advances that have made includes defining nutrient requirements and nutrient composition, least cost feed formulations based on amino acid and energy, use of biotechnological products in poultry feeding as well as nano minerals supplementation. There are certain future directions like use of alternative raw material, use of phytogenic feed additives as alternative to antibiotic growth promoter, focus on gizzard development and gut health, use of next generation feed enzymes, split feeding and in ovo nutrition are of prime importance.