A diet has
been defined as the feed that is regularly offered for animal consumption, to
enhance survival. Diets are formulated to meet specific metabolic and
physiological function. This can be formulated to promote some certain function
in the body. Such as; diet may be formulated to promote lactation for
maintenance of pregnancy, can be formulated for growth, fattening, weaning etc.
Different
types of diets are explained below:
Maintenance
Diet; this is a diet that helps an animal (human) to maintain its body weight
without any meaningful gain or loss. These include: energy giving foods such as
potato, bread
Diet for
Growth: this is a feed with high protein content, it promote the rapid growth
of animal. It also includes; maize,
wheat
Weaning
Diet: these are diets fed to young animals whenever they are taken away from
their mother. E.g. milk fortified with vitamin D
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