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Recommendations of Global Animal Nutrition Conference (GLANCE 2014) held at Bengaluru from April 20–22, 2014

Theme : Climate Resilient Livestock Feeding Systems for Global Food Security

• Increased attention for developing feed / fodder banks for improving feed resource utilization.

• Promoting food-feed crop cultivation in developing countries in a holistic manner to bridge the existing feed gap.

• Balanced feeding practices that has lower green house gases (GHG) footprints needs to be validated and propagated.

• Knowledge and capacity building is essential for stakeholders on climate change impact on livestock.

• Technologies and systems need to be developed for disaster management to overcome hazards of more frequent extreme climatic events.

• Efforts required for quantification of gut microbiome and its correlation with functional activities to elucidate maximizing nutrient extraction from feed and reducing methane emission.

• Metagenomics to be used to correlate and predict the phenotypes of the animals that can help in selection of high performing animals.

• An integration of metabolism and ovarian function should be the tool for better reproductive outcomes.

• Need to relook the requirements of vitamin E, Zn, Cu and Cr for improved immunity in dairy animals due to climate stress and establish the role of novel elements.

• Research to be focused on precision feeding in animals for optimizing production and reducing feed cost.

• Phase feeding in poultry and swine should be practised to reduce nutrient excretion particularly nitrogen and phosphorus.

• Feed and animal product safety regulations need to be addressed and feed regulatory authority be constituted for monitoring quality and safety.

• Feed industry should upscale and popularize technologies of fodder blocks and total mixed ration for better use of roughage source.

• Need to have a institute-industry linkage program (IILP) in all institutes in line with institute-village-linkage program (IVLP).

• Need to develop alternative sources of feed which are locally available, cheaper and qualitatively superior.

• Potential health promoting effects of neutraceuticals need to be explored extensively for achieving sustainable production in ruminants.

• Eubiotic approach for monogastrics involving prebiotics, probiotics, phytogenics and related compounds should be given priority for improvement of general health.

• Research to be focused on application of nanotechnology for efficient and safe delivery of nutrients.

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