Open AccessAmino acids in animal feed: significance and determination techniques
Author(s) -
M Sefer,
Radivoj Petronijević,
Dejana Trbović,
Jelena Ćirić,
Tatjana Baltić,
Nenad Parunović,
Vesna Djordjević
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/854/1/012082
Subject(s) - amino acid , animal feed , function (biology) , biochemical engineering , biology , animal nutrition , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , computer science , engineering , ecology , crop
Amino acids are fundamental for animal nutrition. Their presence is necessary to maintain the normal structure and function of the intestine, and they are key in regulating metabolic pathways for improving health, survival, growth, development, lactation, and reproduction. The animal feed industry invests great resources and efforts to obtain optimal formulations in which the composition of amino acids plays a key role. In support of these aspirations in recent decades, much attention has been paid to the development and improvement of analytical techniques for the reliable, rapid and accurate determination of amino acid content in animal feed. This paper outlines different methodologies for the analysis of amino acid content in animal feed. Various methods, based on different analytical techniques, are presented for determination of amino acids in feed for nutritional and regulatory purposes.