Factors affecting vitamin stability in animal feed

There are a number of factors affecting vitamin stability in animal feeds. These factors may vary depending on whether the vitamins are naturally occurring in the feed materials, or added to the diet in a premix form. The following is a discussion of these factors in either case, together with the strategies to be adopted for improving the stability and utilisation of the dietary vitamins by animals. Forage plays a significant role in the supply of vitamins to ruminants. However, the vitamin c