Meet the editor

Amlan Kumar Patra earned his Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition from the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, India, in 2004. He has worked at West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences as an assistant professor since 2007. He also worked at the American Institute for Goat Research, USA (2004–2006); the Ohio State University, Columbus, USA (2010–2012); and the Free University of Berlin, Germany (2017–2018). His research

has focused on animal nutrition (particularly ruminants and poultry nutrition), gastrointestinal electrophysiology, meta-analysis and modeling in nutrition, and livestock-environment interaction. He has authored approximately 160 articles for professional journals and various book chapters and proceedings, resulting in a Google Scholar h-index of 40 with over 6800 citations. He currently serves as editor and associate editor on the editorial boards of various reputable journals.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Herbert Kwabla Dei*

*by Jitendra Kumar*

and Production

*and Muhammad Abdul Basit*

**Preface XI**

Nutrition and Production **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 19**

**Chapter 3 33**

**Chapter 4 45**

**Chapter 5 61**

**Chapter 6 87**

Essential Nanominerals and Other Nanomaterials in Poultry Nutrition

*by Partha Sarathi Swain, Sonali Prusty, Somu Bala Nageswara Rao,* 

Effect of Environmental Temperature on Water Intake in Poultry *by Ochuko Orakpoghenor, Ngozi Ejum Ogbuagu and Lawal Sa'Idu*

Advances in Poultry Nutrition Research-A Review

Nontraditional Feedstuffs as an Alternative in Poultry Feed *by Mohamed I. Alshelmani, Emhimad A. Abdalla, Ubedullah Kaka* 

and Protein in the Diets of Animals Including Poultry

*José Humberto Vilar da Silva, Edilson Paes Saraiva, Valéria Pereira Rodrigues, Matheus Ramalho de Lima, Sarah Gomes Pinheiro and Isabelle Naemi Kaneko*

*Duraisamy Rajendran and Amlan Kumar Patra*

Microbial Hydrolysed Feather Protein as a Source of Amino Acids

Evaluation of Protein Sources in Different Base Formulations Based on Total and Digestible Amino Acids for Japanese Quails *by Rafael Barbosa de Souza, Fernando Guilherme Perazzo Costa,* 
