2. Specifications of feed ingredients
• Specifications are defined as a group of standards given
by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) or Indian
Standards Institute(ISI) to different feed ingredients
for feeding of animals.
• These are essential for feed quality assurance
programme.
• And serve as basis for ration formulation.
3. Specification of Compounded Feeds
for Cattle - IS-2052-1979
S.No Characteristic
Requirement
Type I Type II
1 Moisture ,percent my mass (max) 10 10
2 Crude protein (NX6.25), percent my mass (max) 22 20
3 Crude fat, percent my mass (min) 3.0 2.5
4 Crude fibre, percent my mass (max) 7 12
5 Acid Insoluble Ash, percent my mass (max) 3 4
6 Common salt (NaCl) percent my mass (max) 2 2
7 Calcium (as Ca) percent my mass (min) 0.5 0.5
8 Phoshorus (as P) percent my mass (min) 0.5 0.5
9 Vitamin A IU/Kg 5000 5000
4. Specifications for Compounded feeds
for young stock
Two types:
• Calf Starter Meal:- A meal for calves to be made
available from the age of approximately 8 weeks and
to be fed up to approximately 26 weeks.
• Calf Growth Meal:- A meal for calves to be introduced
gradually into the diet from the age of approximately
26 weeks and to be fed up to approximately 108
weeks.
5. Requirements for Calf Starter Meal
S.No Characteristic Requirement
1 Moisture, percent by weight (max) 10
2 Crude protein, percent by weight 23-26
3 Crude fat , percent by weight (min) 4
4 Crude fiber , percent by weight (max) 7
5 Total Ash ,percent by weight (max) 5
6 AIA, percent by weight (max) 2.5
6. Requirements for Calf Growth Meal
S.No Characteristic Requirement
1 Moisture, percent by weight (max) 10
2 Crude protein, percent by weight 22-25
3 Crude fibre , percent by weight (max) 10
4 Total ash, percent by weight(max) 5
6 AIA, percent by weight (max) 2.5
7. Specifications for Poultry feeds
Chicken feeds shall be of six types
• Broiler Starter Feed (BSF) :- an all – mash ration to be
fed to chicks, intended for meat production, up to the
age of 4 weeks.
• Broiler Finisher Feed (BFF):-an all- mash ration to be
fed to chicks, intended for meat production, up to the
age of 6 weeks.
8. • Chick Feed (CF):- an all-mash ration to be fed to chicks, not
intended for meat production, up to the age of 8 weeks.
• Growing Chicken Feed (GCF) :- A ration to be fed to
growing chickens from 8-20 weeks or until laying
commences.
• Laying Chicken Feed (LCF) :- A ration to be fed to laying
birds from 20 weeks onwards or after laying commences.
• Broiler Chicken Feed (BCF) :- A ration to be fed to breeding
chicken.
9. Requirements for Chicken feeds
S.No Characteristic
Requirement for
BSF BFF CF GCF LCF BCF
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 10 10 10 10 10 10
2 Crude Protein, percent by mass (max) 22 19 22 16 18 18
3 Crude fiber, percent by mass (max) 6 6 7 8 8 8
4
Acid Insoluble Ash, percent by mass
(max)
3 3 4 4 4 4
5 Salt ( as Nacl) , percent by mass (max) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
6 Calcium, percent by mass (min) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.75 2.75
7
Available phosphorus, percent by mass
(min)
0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
8 Lysine, percent by mass (min) 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.5
9 Methionine, percent by mass (min) 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.25 0.25 0.25
10 ME kcal/kg (min) 2900 3000 2700 2700 2700 2800
10. Specification for pig feeds
Types of Pig feeds:
a) Pig Starter / Creep feed :- A ration to be fed up to 15
kg live mass when the litter is with sow
b) Pig growth meal :- A ration to be fed from weaning to
35 kg live mass.
c) Pig finishing / Breeding meal :- A ration to be fed to
pigs over 35 kg live mass.
11. Requirements for Pig feeds
S.No Characteristic
Pig starter
/ Creep
feed
Pig
growth
meal
Pig finishing
breeding meal
1
Moisture, percent by mass
(max)
10 10 10
2
Crude protein, percent by mass
(min)
20 18 16
3 Crude fat, percent by mass (min) 2 2 2
4
Crude fibre, percent by mass
(max)
5 6 8
5
Acid Insoluble Ash, percent by
mass (max)
4 4 4
12. Mineral Mixtures for Supplementing
Cattle feeds
Type 1 :- Mineral mixtures containing salt
Type 2 :- Mineral mixtures without salt
• Type -1 material not less than 70 % by mass of the
material
• Type -2 material not less than 90 % by mass of the
material.
13. Requirements for Mineral Mixtures containing
salt for supplementing cattle feeds
S.No Characteristic Requirement
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 5
2 Calcium , percent by mass (min) 18
3 Phosphorus, percent by mass (min) 9
4 Salt (NaCl), , percent by mass (max) 22
5 Magnesium, percent by mass (min) 5
6 Iron , percent by mass (min) 0.4
7 Iodide(KI) , percent by mass (min) 0.02
8 Copper , percent by mass (min) 0.06
9 Manganese , percent by mass (min) 0.1
10 Fluorine, percent by mass (max) 0.05
11 Zinc, percent by mass (min) 0.3
12 Cobalt , percent by mass (min) 0.009
13 Sulphur, percent by mass (max) 0.4
14 Acid Insoluble Ash, percent by mass (max) 3
15. Specifications for Maize bran
Two types
• Coarse bran :- Consists mostly of the outer coating of
the maize kernel
• Fine bran :- Consists largely of the fine fibrous
material left as a residue after sieving the slurry
subsequent to the removal of germ and coarse bran.
16. Requirements for Maize bran
S.No Characteristic
Coarse
bran
Fine
bran
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 11 11
2 Crude protein, percent by mass (min) 7.5 14.0
3 Crude fat, percent by mass (min) 2.0 2.5
4 Crude fibre, percent by mass (max) 12.5 9.5
5 Total Ash, percent by mass (max) 1.5 1.5
6 AIA, percent by mass(max) 0.5 0.5
17. Specifications for Wheat Bran
• Wheat bran shall be the outer coating with the minimum of
adhering endosperm of the wheat kernel ,separated from
effectively cleaned wheat in the usual process of milling
S.No Characteristic Requirement
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 12.5
2 Crude protein, percent by mass (min) 13.0
3 Crude fibre, percent by mass (max) 12
4 AIA , percent by mass (max) 0.25
18. Specification for Rice bran
• Rice bran is the peri carp or bran layer and germ of rice,
with low quantity of hull fragments and clipped or broken
rice as is unavoidable in the regular milling of edible rice.
S.No Characteristic Grade 1 Grade 2
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 10 10
2 Crude protein, percent by mass (min) 13 11
3 Crude fat, percent by mass (min) 15 12
4 Crude fibre, percent by mass (max) 10 12
5 AIA, percent by mass (max) 5 8
19. Specification for Rice polish
• Rice polishing is the finely powdered material obtained in
polishing the rice kernels, after the hulls and bran have
been removed.
S.No Characteristic Requirement
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 10
2 Crude protein, percent by mass (min) 11
3 Crude fibre, percent by mass (max) 4
4 Crude fat , percent by mass (min) 0.25
5 Total Ash ,percent by mass (max) 10
6 AIA, percent by mass (max) 1.5
20. Specification for Tapioca
• The material shall be prepared from tubers of Tapioca.
• Type I :- Chips shall be dry and of thickness not
exceeding 15 mm.
• Type II:- Tapioca flour shall be in the form of a coarse
powder.
21. Requirements for Tapioca
S.No Characteristic
Type1
(chips)
Type 2
(Flour)
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 10 10
2 Starch , percent by mass (min) 82 82
3 Total Ash (on dry basis) max 2.5 2.5
4 AIA , (on dry basis) max 1.0 1.0
5 Crude fibre, (on dry basis) max 2.5 2.5
6 Hydrocyanic acid, (on dry basis) max 0.03 0.03
7
Alcoholic acidity(as H2SO4) 90% alcohol
(max)
---- 0.15
22. Specification for Blood Meal
• Blood meal shall be the product obtained by drying
blood which is then ground in the form of a coarse
powder.
• Blood meal shall be free from any spores of Bacillus
anthracis and Clostridium sp.
23. Requirements for Blood meal
S.No Characteristic Requirement
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 8
2 Crude protein, percent by mass (min) 80
3 Crude fat , percent by mass (min) 2
4 Total Ash ,percent by mass (max) 5
5 AIA, percent by mass (max) 1.5
24. Specification for Meat meal and meat-
cum-bone meal
• Meat meal and meat-cum-bone meal shall be coarse, deep
brown coloured powdery material.
S.NO Characteristic
Requirements
Meat meal
Meat-cum-
bone meal
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 10 10
2 Crude protein, percent by mass (min) 70 45
3 Crude fat , percent by mass (max) 6 10
4 Phosphorus(P), percent by mass (max) 1 5 to 7
5 AIA , (on dry basis) max 2 2
25. Specifications for Bone meal
• Bone meal shall be obtained from un decomposed
bones after removal of adhering tissues, defatting,
sterilization by steam under pressure, drying and
grinding.
• The material shall be nearly white in color .
26. Requirements for Bone meal
S.No Characteristic Requirement
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 7
2 Calcium, percent by mass (min) 31
3 Phosphorus, percent by mass (min) 14
4 Crude fat , percent by mass (min) 1.0
5 Total Ash ,percent by mass (min) 85
6 AIA, percent by mass (max) 1.5
7 Fluorine, percent by mass (max) 0.06
8
Spores of Bacillus anthracis &
clostridium sp.
Nil
27. Specifications for Fish meal
• Depending upon their chemical composition two
grades: Grade 1 and Grade-2
• Preparation:-The fish meal shall be prepared by
cooking the raw material or by heat-treating the dried
fish in a steam-jacket cooker, pressing the cooked mass
if necessary, drying and pulverizing the treated
material to the required mesh size.
28. Requirements for Fish meal
S.No Characteristic Grade 1 Grade 2
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 10 10
2 Crude protein , percent by mass (min) 60 50
3
Ammonical nitrogen, percent by mass
(max)
0.5 0.5
4 Crude fat , percent by mass (max) 10 10
5 AIA , percent by mass (max) 3 5
6 Chloride(NaCl), percent by mass (max) 4 5
29. Specifications for Decorticated
Groundnut oil cake
• It is expeller pressed decorticated ground nut oil cake shall
be of firm texture
S.No Characteristic Grade 1 Grade 2
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 8 8
2 Crude protein , percent by mass (min) 48 43
3 Crude fat , percent by mass (min) 7 6
4 Crude fibre, percent by mass (max) 8 12
5 AIA , percent by mass (max) 2 2.5
30. Specifications for solvent extracted
cottonseed oil cake (meal)
• The solvent extracted cottonseed oil cake (meal) shall
be obtained by extraction of oil by means of a solvent
from the decorticated cottonseed oil cake. or directly
from decorticated cottonseed after a certain
preliminary treatment.
• The meal shall have been subjected to heat and steam
treatment under controlled and regulated conditions
so as to remove traces of solvent.
31. Requirements for Solvent extracted Cotton
seed oil cake (meal)
S.No Characteristic Grade 1 Grade 2
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 10 10
2 Crude protein , percent by mass (min) 42 40
3 Crude fat , percent by mass (min) 1.5 2.0
4 Crude fibre, percent by mass (max) 16 18
5 AIA , percent by mass (max) 2 2.5
6 Castor husk, percent by mass (max) Nil 0.005
32. Solvent extracted sal seed meal
• Sal seed meal shall be produced by extraction of oil by
means of a solvent from decorticated and flaked or
pelletized or both sal seed kernels or expeller pressed
cake of decorticated sal seeds.
• Solvent-extracted sal seed meal shall have been
subjected to heat and steam treatment under
controlled and regulated conditions so as to remove
traces of solvent.
33. Requirements for solvent extracted
sal seed meal
S.No Characteristic Requirement
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 10
2 Crude protein, , percent by mass (min) 8
3 Crude fat , percent by mass (max) 2
4 Crude fibre , , percent by mass (max) 3
5 Total Ash ,percent by mass (max) 4
6 AIA, percent by mass (max) 1
34. Solvent extracted Niger seed oilcake
meal
• The solvent extracted Niger seed oil cake (meal) shall
be obtained by extraction of oil by means of a solvent
from the ghani or expeller pressed Niger seed oil cake.
or by pressing clean and sound Niger seeds .
• The meal shall have been subjected to heat and steam
treatment under controlled and regulated conditions
so as to remove traces of solvent
35. Requirements for Niger seed oil cake
meal
S.No Characteristic Grade 1 Grade 2
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 9 9
2 Crude protein , percent by mass (min) 35 29
3 Crude fat , percent by mass (min) 1 1
4 Crude fibre, percent by mass (max) 18 20
5 AIA , percent by mass (max) 1.5 2.5
36. Dried Silk worm pupae meal
• The dried silk worm pupae shall be from brown to dark
brown in color.
S.No Characteristic Type 1 Type 2
1 Moisture, percent by mass (max) 10 7
2 Crude protein , percent by mass (min) 50 65
3 Crude fat , percent by mass (max) 25 3
4 Crude fibre, percent by mass (max) 3 4
5 Total ash, , percent by mass (max) 5 6.5
6 AIA , percent by mass (max) 1 1.5
