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 AFRICAN 
STANDARD  DARS  
1830  
First Edition 2023  
 
 Reference No. DARS 1830 :2023(E) 
ICS 67.120.30  
 
 
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Compounded goat and sheep feed  - Specification  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Table of contents  
 
 
 
1 Scope  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .............  1 
2 Normative references  ................................ ................................ ................................ .....................  1 
3 Terms and definitions  ................................ ................................ ................................ .....................  2 
4 Requirements  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ . 3 
6 Feed additives and provisions related to their uses.  ................................ ................................ ...... 5 
7 Hygiene, Storage, Receiving and transportation  ................................ ................................ ............  5 
8 Packaging and Labelling  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................  5 
9 Sampling  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .........  6 
 
 
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The African Organization for Standardization (ARS O) is an African intergovernmental organization 
established by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Organization of 
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African Standards (ARS) for the purpose of enhancing Africa’s internal trading capacity, increase 
Africa’s product and service competitiveness globally and uplift the welfare of African communities.  The 
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To achieve efficient animal production, all nutrients should be provided in amounts necessary to meet 
the animal’s requirements. The formulation of balanced diets that provide the correct amounts and 
proportions of these nutrients is essential to support the requirements for maintenance and production. 
Nutrient requirements become defined accurately through research trials so as to form ulate diets more 
precisely. The standards presented in this document give the restrictions required for the prevention of 
poor animal performance.  
 
To effectively achieve and increase animal production capacity, all nutrients must be provided in 
sufficient amounts formulated to meet maintenance and production needs.  This standard contains the 
technical requirements on safety and quality of feeds for feeding goats and sheep . 
 
 
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Compounded goat and sheep feed s - Specification  
 
 
1 Scope  
This African standard specif y the requirements, methods of sampling and test for compounded 
goat and sheep feeds.  
 
2 Normative references  
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their 
content constitutes require ments of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited 
applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any 
amendments) applies.  
 
ARSO XXXXX  Code of good practice on animal feeding  
 
ISO 2591 -1, Test sieving — Part 1: Methods using test sieves of woven wire cloth and perforated metal 
plate  
 
ISO 5984:2002, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude ash  
 
ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
 
ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium content — Part 1: Titrimetric method  
 
ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of phosphorus content — Spectrometric method  
 
ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of fat content  
 
ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of moisture and other volatile matter content  
 
ISO 6497 Animal feeding stuffs — Sampling  
 
ISO 6654, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of urea content  
 
ISO 6865, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude fibre content — Method with intermediate 
filtration  
 
ISO 6866, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of free and total gossypol  
 
ISO 6867, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of vitamin E content — Method using high -
performance liquid chromatography  
 
ISO 6869, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of the contents of calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, 
manganese, potassium, sodium and zinc — Method using atomic absorption spectrometry  
 
ISO 14565, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of vitamin A content — Method using high -
performance liquid chromatography   
 
ISO 14718, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B 1 content of mixed feeding stuffs — 
Method using high -performance liquid chromatography  
 
ISO 16634 -1, Food products — Determination of the total nitrogen content by combustion according to 
the Dumas principle and calculation of the crude protein content — Part 1: Oilseeds and animal feeding 
stuffs  
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ISO 17375, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B 1 
 
ISO 27085, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium, sodium, phosphorus, magnesium, 
potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, molybdenum, arsenic, lead and cadmium by ICP -
AES 
 
3 Terms and d efinitions  
 
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.  
 
3.1 
feed 
feed stuff  
feeding stuff  
single or multiple materials, whether processed, semi -processed or raw, and whether or not 
containing additives, for oral animal feeding  
3.2 
crude protein  
CP 
total protein content of a feed which is determined by analysing the nitrogen content of feed 
and multiplying the result by a factor  
Note 1 to entry: This factor is generally equal to 6,25. However, it may differ in some categories of feed materials, such as grains 
due to difference in the quality of amino acids constituents of protein.  
Note 2 to entry: The reference method for analysing the crude protein content on the basis of the nitrogen content is the Kjeldahl 
method.  
Note 3 to entry: Crude protein includes true protein and other nitrogen -containing substances, such as ammonia, amino acids 
and nitrates.  
 
3.3  
crude fibre  
CF 
residue obtained after acid and alkaline digestion of a feed sample that contains cellulose, 
hemicellulose, lignin and pectin  
Note 1 to entry: Crude fibre has been replaced by acid detergent fibre and neutral detergent fibre  in ruminant nutrition but it is still 
reported for monogastric nutrition.  
Note 2 to entry: The cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin and pectin that form the plant cell wall are known as “structural carbo hydrates” 
or “fibre”.  
 
3.4 
crude fat  
total fat content of a feed determined by a laboratory test  
Note 1 to entry: crude fat includes some waxes, pigments and other lipids to a minor degree in addition to true fats.  
 
3.5 
metaboli zable energy   
ME 
amount of the useful energy in a feed that represents that portion of the feed gross energy not 
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total digestible nutrients  
TDN 
sum of the digestible fibre, protein, lipid and carbohydrate content of feed, which expresses 
the energy value of feed as calculated using formulae and not reported as measured values  
 
Note 1 to entry: TDN is directly related to digestible energy and is often calculated based on acid detergent fibre   
 
3.7 
total ash  
crude ash  
inorganic part of a feed consisting of mineral elements determined in a laboratory by 
incineration at a high temperature and weighing the residue   
3.8 
moisture content  
moisture and other volatile matter content  
mass fraction of substances lost on drying the sample by using the accredited procedure  
 
Note 1 to entry: The moisture and other volatile matter content is expressed as a mass fraction in percent [formerly given as % 
(m/m)].  
 
3.9 
feed additive s 
substance intentionally added to  feed and/or water, not consumed as feed by itself, whether 
or not it has a nutritional value, that affects the characteristics of feed including organoleptic 
properties, animal products, animal production or performance or welfare, or the environment  
 
3.10 
total mixed ration  
TMR  
homogenous mixture of all ration  ingredients (e.g. forages , grains, feed supplements ) that is 
supplied to an animal for a 24 -hour period  
 
Note 1 to entry: In practice, the 24 -hour allotment of the mixture may be offered in one or more feedings.  
 
 
4 Requirements  
4.1 General Requirement  
 
4.1.1  Goat and sheep feeds shall be in the form of a meal, cubes, pellets or bale.  
 
4.1.2 Goat and sheep feeds shall be free from harmful constituents such as  
i. metallic and glass objects  
ii. adulterants  
iii. physical moulds  
iv. pathogens or insect infestation  
v. mustiness,  
vi. rancidity  
vii.  any other objectionable odours.  
4.1.3 Goat and sheep feeds shall be palatable.  
 
4.1.4 Non - protein nitrogen (NPN) sources shall not be used in compounding feeds for lambs and 
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4.1.5 Non – protein nitrogen (NPN) sources may be used in compounded feed for both yearlings 
and matured sheep and goat and shall not exceed 1. 5% if used . 
 
 
4.2 Ingredients for goat and sheep feed  
 
4.2.1 All ingredients and raw materials shall be of high quality and shall be of sound condition and 
not decomposed or deteriorated.  
 
4.2.2 Ingredients of non -ruminant animal origin shall be sterilized before use.  
 
4.2.3 Where standards have been declared for ingredients or raw materials, such ingredients or raw 
materials shall conform to such standard s. 
 
4.2.4 Vitamin preparations added to feed shall be in a stabilized form.  
 
 
 
4.3 Nutrient requirement s for compounded goat and sheep feed s 
 
4.3.1  The level of free fatty acids in feeds shall not exceed 15 % of the crude fat content at the time 
of manufacture.  
 
4.3.2  Corticated c ottonseed shall not be used for feed for young lambs and kids .  
 
4.3.3  The moisture content shall not exceed 14% in goat and sheep feed when tested in accordance 
with ISO 6496 . In the case of use  of total mixed ration (TMR)  the level of moisture shall be increased 
up to 50% .  
 
4.3.4 Compounded goat and sheep feed s shall comply with the nutrients and metabolizable energy 
requirements stated in Table 1 when tested  in accordance with the test methods specified therein.   
  
 
Table 1 - Nutrient requirements for  compounded  goat and sheep feeds 
 
 TDN 
% ME 
Kcal/ kg DM  CP 
% Ca 
g/kg DM P 
g/kg DM  
Creep feeding formula  80 2800  16 - 25 4 - 8 2,5 - 4 
Early Weaned Lambs and kids  
Maintenance  55 - 56 2000 7,5 - 9,5 2 1,8 
Flushing ration  60 2110  9,5 3,5 2 
Non-lactating first 15 weeks of 
gestation  55 2000  9,5 2,5 2 
Last 4 weeks of gestation  60 2100  11 3,7 3 
Lactating animal  65 2350 16 4,3 3 
Replacement ewe  58 - 65 2100 - 2300 9 -15 3 - 5,5 1,8 - 2,1 
Replacement rams  61- 63 2300 9 -14 3 - 4,5 1,6 - 2 
Lambs Finishing — 4 to 7 
Months Old  72 - 77 2600 - 2750 15 3,5 - 5 1,8 - 2,5 
NOTE: TDN – Total Digestible Nutrients, ME – Metabolizable Energy, CP – Crude Protein, Ca – 
Calcium, P – Phosphorus , DM – Dry matter  
 
5 Contaminants  
 
5.1 Aflatoxins   
 
Compounded goat and shee p feed s shall comply with those maximum limits for aflatoxin 
specified in  CODEX STAN 193 and in particular those listed in Table 2.  DARS 1830 :2023 
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Table 2 - Aflatoxin limits  for compounded goat and sheep feed  
S/N Aflatoxin  Maximum l imits  
ppb Test method  
(1) Total aflatoxin  20 ISO 16050  
(2) Aflatoxin B1  10 ISO 17034  
 
 
5.2 Heavy metals  
 
Compounded goat and sheep  feed shall comply with the maximum limits of heavy metals as specified 
in the Table 3. 
 
Table 3 - Heavy metal limit s for compounded goat and sheep feed  
S/N Heavy metal s Maximum limit s 
mg/kg  Test method  
i Arsenic  4,0  
 
ISO 27085  ii Lead  3,0 
iii Cadmium  1,0 
iv Mercury  0,1 
 
 
5.3 Pesticide residues  
 
Compounded goat and sheep feed s shall not exceed the limits of pesticide  residues  established in the 
Codex Alimentarius Commission on Contaminants  
 
 
6 Feed additives and provisions related to their use s.  
6.1 Additives in the following categories may be used in goat and sheep feeds: antioxidants, 
colourants, emulsifiers, stabili zers, enzymes, thickeners and gelling agents , binders, anti -caking agents 
and coagulants,  growth promoters,  aromatic and appetising substances, and preservatives.  
 
NOTE  Material intended for mixing with animal feed as additives for use as feeding stuff should specify the kind of and, if 
appropriate the age group of the animal for which the feed is intended. In addition,  the quantity in grams per kilogram (or % by 
weight) of the complete feed . 
 
 
 
7 Hygiene, Storage , Receiving and transportation  
7.1 Compounded goat and sheep feeds shall be produced, transported, received and stored  in 
accordance with the procedure described in the appropriate sections of ARS XXXX 2023 – Code of 
practice for production, processing, storage, transportation and distribution  of animal feeds.  
 
7.2 The product shall be processed and packed under hygienic conditions in licensed premises as 
imposed by the competent authorities in accordance with the local government by laws, public health 
legislation and codes of practice.  
 
 
8 Pack aging  and Labelling  
8.1 Pack aging  DARS 1830:2023  
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Compounded g oat and sheep  feeds for sale shall be packaged in containers that are of sufficient 
strength, and sufficiently sealed so as to withstand reasonable handling without tearing, bursting or 
falling open. The containers shall be clean and not previously used.  
 
 
8.2 Labelling  
 
In addition to the labelling requirement in ARS 56, each package of compounded goat and sheep feed 
shall be legibly and indelibly marked with the following information.  
 
i. Name and type of the  feed  
ii. Name , physical address or contact information of manufacturer  / producer ; 
iii. Declared proportions of moisture, crude protein, crude fibre,  crude fat, phosphorus, calcium , 
total ash, Total digestible nutrients (TDN) and Metabolizable energy (ME)  
iv. Net weight  in SI units  
v. Batch /  lot or Code identification ; 
vi. Directions and precautions for use, if a concentrate  is added , the proportion in  which  it is to be 
mixed with the basal ingredient;  
vii. Urea per cent, if present;  
viii. Date of manufacture;  
ix. Best before date 
x. Instruction for storage  
 
9 Sampling  
Sampling shall be done in accordance with  ISO 6497.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Annex A 
(informative)  
 
Nutrient composition of common feed ingredients  
 
 
Studies on nutritive value of feedstuffs show differences between analytical values and those which are 
already tabulated in various feeding standards. Chemical composition of feedstuffs play an important 
role in formulation of balanced and economical rations for various classes of animals. It is only possible 
when exact knowledge of chemical composition of feedstuffs are available. This table presents values 
of some chemical composition of common feedstuffs.  
 
Ingredients  DM 
% CP 
% CF 
% Ca 
% P 
% ME 
Kcal/kg  Lysine  
% Methionine  
% 
Maize  88 8 12 0,17 0,55 3000  0,53 0,29 
Maize bran  88 9,4 13 0,04 1,03 2200  0,18 0,21 
Maize/cob meal  88 7 8  0.30    
Rice bran  88 13,5 6,5 0,06 1,43 3000  0,5 0,22 
Cassava meal  88 2,8 4,0 0,3 0,05 3000  - - 
Molasses  75 3,0  0,75 0,08 2330  - - 
Millet  88 10,5 2,0 0,05 0,40 1392  0,2 0,27 
Sorghum  88 9,0 2,1 0,03 0,28 3250  0,2 0,12 
Fish meal  88 60,0 1,0 4,37 2,53 2310  4,08 1,70 
Blood meal  92 72,9 1,7 0,28 0,22 1177  7,0 0,9 
Cotton seed cake  88 40,0 14 0,20 1,20 968 1,6 0,52 
Soya bean meal  88 43,0 6 0,53 0,64 2800  2,84 0,65 
Limestone  98 - - 38,0 - - - - 
Oyster shells  98 - - 35,0 - - - - 
Wheat pollard  98 15,0     0,60 0,35 
Wheat bran  91,4 15,0 12,5  1,20  0,60 0,35 
Sunflower cake  92 35,0 26,7    1,80 1,20 
Groundnut cake  93 40,0 7,3    2,00 1,80 
Rice polishings  92,5 12,0 4,2    4,0 0,40 
Bone meal  94 24 1,5      
Dicalcium phosphate     24 18    
Tricalcium phosphate     38 19    
Meat meal   60,0     0,50 1,0 
Alfalfa hay  87,5 18,9 33,1      
Sugarcane bagasse  90,5 1,7 50,3      
Sesame cake  93 36,1 6,7      
Sugarcane tops  33,5 6,2 29,5      
Whey  90 13,0 1,3 0,97 0,76 3100   0,2 
 
 
 
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(informative)  
 
Description of common feedstuffs  
 
Product  Description  Main nutritional constituent  
Alfalfa meal  Alfalfa as grown, dried and processed, and to 
which no other matter has been added  Crude protein, Crude fibre  
Barley meal  The meal obtained by grinding barley, as grown, 
which shall be the whole grain together only with 
such other substances as may reasonably be 
expected to have become associated with the 
grain in the field.  Crude protein, Crude fibre  
Bean meal  The meal obtained by grinding commercially pure 
leguminous beans (other than soya bean).  Crude protein, Crude fibre  
   
Bone meal  Commercially pure steamed bone, raw or 
degreased, which has been ground or crushed 
and which contains phosphorus not less than 
4.5% phosphorus.  Crude protein, Phosphorus, 
Calcium  
Brewery and distillery 
grains  The product obtained by drying the residue from 
distillery mash -tube, and to which no other matter 
has been added  Crude fibre, Crude protein  
Cassava, dried  The dried root of the species Manhot esculanta  Crude fibre, Crude protein  
Clover meal  Clover as grown, dried and processed and to 
which no other matter has been added.  Crude protein, Crude fibre  
Coconut cake  The residue resulting after part removal of oil and 
of cortex from commercially pure coconut kernels  Crude protein Crude fibre  
Cotton seed cake  The residue resulting after part removal of oil and 
of cortex from commercially pure cotton seed  Crude protein, Crude fibre  
Sorghum meal  The meal obtained by grinding sorghum as 
grown which shall be the whole grain together 
only with such substances as may reasonably be 
expected to have become associated with the 
grain in the field.  Crude protein, Crude fibre  
Fish meal  A product, which may contain an added 
antioxidant but to which no other matter has been 
added, obtained by drying and grinding or 
otherwise treating fish or fish waste.  Crude protein, Oil, total ash.  
Grass, meal  Any product which,  
(i) Is obtained by artificially drying any of the 
following: grass, clover, lucerne, green cereal, or 
any mixture consisting of any of them, and  
(ii) Is otherwise as grown (that is to say including 
any growths harvested there with but with no 
other substance added thereto), and contains not 
less than 13% crude protein calculated on the 
assumption that it contain 10% moisture.  Crude protein, Crude fibre  
Groundnut cake  The residue resulting after part removal of oil and 
part of non -removal of cortex from commercially 
pure groundnuts  Crude protein,  
Oil, crude fibre  
Maize  Maize kernel or crushed maize kernel as grown 
for commercial purposes  Crude protein  
Maize germ meal  Consisting mainly of embryo of kernel not less 
than 10% oil, and not more than 5% ash   
Maize and cob meal  Ground maize on the cob  Crude protein, Oil, crude fibre  
Maize meal  Milled whole maize  Crude protein, Oil, crude fibre  
Maize gluten meal  A by -product resulting from removal of a bran 
starch and germ from maize  Crude protein, Oil, crude fibre  
Meat and bone meal  A product, which may contain an added 
antioxidant but to which no other matter has been 
added, containing not less than 65% protein, 
obtained by drying and grinding animal 
carcasses of portions thereof but excluding hair, Crude protein, Oil, crude fibre  DARS 1830 :2023 
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fat 
Milk powder  Dried milk from which a substantial amount of fat 
has been removed and to which no other 
substance is added  Crude protein  
Millet  Finger millet of the species Eleusine coracana  Crude protein, Crude fibre  
Mineral mixture  Mixture of substances used wither in the form 
powder or licks and purporting to be essential for 
livestock  Percent of the mineral and 
trace elements  
Molasses  A concentrated syrup product obtained in the 
manufacture of sugar from sugar cane to which 
no other matter has been added  Dry matter, sugar as sucrose  
Oats, ground  The product obtained by grinding commercially 
pure oats  Crude protein, Crude fibre  
 Pea meal  The meal obtained by grinding or crushing 
commercially pure peas including pods  Crude protein, Crude fibre  
Rice bran  The outside husk or rice kernel to which no other 
matter has been added  Crude protein, Crude fibre, oil  
Rice meal  The product obtained by grinding commercially 
pure rice after the removal of hulls and to which 
no other substance is added  Crude fibre, Crude protein, oil  
Rice polishings  The product obtained when polishing kernels 
after the removal of hulls and bran  Crude protein, oil, Crude fibre  
Sesame cake  The residue resulting after the part removal of oil 
from commercially pure simsim kernels  Crude protein, oil, Crude fibre  
 Soya bean meal  The residue resulting after the part removal of oil 
from commercially pure soya bean seeds  Crude protein, oil, Crude fibre  
Sweet potatoes  The dried tubers of the species Ipomea batatas  Crude protein, Crude fibre  
Wheat meal  The meal obtained by grinding commercially pure 
wheat as grown and to which no other substance 
has been added  Crude protein, Crude fibre  
Wheat bran  Outside husk of what kernel to which no other 
matter was added  Crude protein, Crude fibre  
Wheat pollard  A by -product of wheat separated during 
production of flour not mentioned otherwise in 
this schedule containing not more than 4% of 
other than wheat vegetable substances  Crude protein, Crude fibre  
Yeast dried  The product obtained by drying of yeast or yeast 
residues, and to which no other matter has been 
added.  Crude protein  
Other feedstuffs  As may be described by the Department of 
Animal Resources from time to time   
 
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(informative)  
 
Guide for vitamin requirements for  compounded goat and sheep feed 
 
 Vitamin A, 1000 
IU/kg DM  Vitamin E,  
IU/kg DM  
Creep  feeding formula  1-1,6 15 
Early Weaned Lambs and kids  
Maintenance  1,5 15 
Non-lactating first 15 weeks  of gestation  2,6 15 
Last 4 weeks of gestation  3,5 15 
Lactating animal  3 15 
Flushing ration  2,5 15 
Replacement ewe  1,1-1,5 15 
Replacement rams  1,1-1,5 15 
Lambs Finishing — 4 to 7 Months Old  1,1-1,5 15 
 
 
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(informative)  
 
Guide for concentrate  / roughage ratio for goat  and sheep rations  
 
 Concentrate / roughage 
percent, %  
Creep feeding formula  90 10 
Early Weaned Lambs  and kids  
Maintenance  0 100 
Non-lactating first 15 weeks  of gestation  0 100 
Last 4 weeks of gestation  35 65 
Lactating animal  35 65 
Flushing ration  15 85 
Replacement ewe  35 65 
Replacement rams  30 70 
Lambs Finishing — 4 to 7 Months Old  60 40 
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