Abstract
ALTERNATIVE FOODS IN THE FORMULATION
OF DIETS FOR GOATS AND SHEEP
ABSTRACT
Alternative nutrition refers to the use of
unconventional ingredients or agro-industrial byproducts in formulating diets that would otherwise
be discarded (Moraes, et al., 2011). Providing
nutritional support to animals is essential in
optimizing digestibility, associated with good
management and water availability, which
increases the producer's profitability. The search
for alternative foods to meet market demand can
arise for several reasons, whether to obtain a
greater supply of feed during the seasons, always
maintaining a favorable trade balance with regard
to the cost of the diet, bringing this These foods
that are used to feed sheep and goats have been
carried out more effectively, however, these foods
must provide the supply of all nutrients.
Furthermore, these foods have economic viability
and nutritional values capable of supplementing the
nutritional needs of small ruminants, such as:
Whey, mandacaru, beans and castor seeds.
Keyword: small ruminants, food, nutritional
management.