Handbook of Animal Nutrition, as the name implies, provides the information on practical aspects of animal nutrition in a nutshell. The information in this book will be of practical utility for actual feeding of animals e.g. chapters on various rations, nutrient requirement tables, TMR, feeding of pregnant/lactating animals, feeding of calves, importance of mineral mixture feeding, bypass nutrients etc. The book also covers feeding aspect of horse, pig, dog and cat. This book is written in simple understandable language with description of those concepts which are useful for practical feeding of animals. Chapters on objectives, tables, differences, definitions etc. are useful to UG and PG students for their examinations hence this book made exam oriented also. Handbook of Animal Nutrition is a text book for Veterinary students and a ready reference book for practising field veterinarians, post-graduate students have found it useful to refresh their memory and to make a quick review of the subject. This book also helpful for MPSC and other competitive exam preparations.

Dr. Prafulla V. Patil, presently working as a Farm Manager at Veterinary College, Udgir. He did his Master degree in Animal Nutrition in 2006 from MAFSU, Nagpur. He has qualified ICAR, NET examination in 2010. He is actively engaged in research, extension and clinical activities from last 11 years. He has published 25 research papers in national and international journals along with 165 popular articles. He has received number of honours/awards for best extension work in the veterinary field. He has organized more than 12 trainings for field veterinarians, farmers etc. He has authored two books in Marathi. He has participated in more than 50 training programmes as a resource person and also conducted more than 100 demonstrations for Field veterinarians, farmers and unemployed youths. He is engaged in teaching from last two years. He has also prepared album of different feed and fodder ingredients.