NUTRIÇÃO APLICADA A FRANGOS

Abstract

Poultry farming has great prominence within the Brazilian agribusiness. Brazil in 2021 produced 14.329 million tons of chicken meat and exported around 4.610 million tons, which makes the country the largest exporter in the world. The development of the production chain was only possible due to technological advances in management, which contributed to the development of national poultry, through applied nutrition. Due to the importance of adopting new precision technologies in the nutrition of broilers, the objective was to carry out a bibliographical review on the subject, addressing the main tools used and their importance in the production chain. Nutrition in broiler breeding focuses on considering the global system, including knowledge of nutrition, food, additives, requirements and food management, contributing to improving production efficiency, as well as minimizing the impact of the poultry chain on the environment. In addition, neural networks applied to software can predict with high reliability the variables related to well-being and meeting nutritional requirements, guaranteeing the birds the adequate amount of each item for a good ambience, with greater precision. Therefore, precision nutrition enables adequate nutrition, meeting nutritional requirements without deficiencies or excesses, thus enabling increased productivity at a lower cost and reduced excretion of nutrients in the soil and impact on the environment.