Question

Importance of bypass protein in ruminant

Answer 1

the feed fraction of nutrients, which are low or non-degradable in the rumen by the microbes and they are digestible and absorbable at lower tract and become available to animal called as Bypass Nutrient Fraction. Bypass nutrient mean that the essential and more important nutrient (high BV) should be escape from the rumen or face minimum fermentation. The reasons for protecting different nutrients are different based on their mode of utilization in the rumen.