Rotaract Club of Uva Wellassa University-Badulla

Livestock industry is one of the industries which are having highest momentum in the world. Daily consumption of livestock products is increasing day by day. There are large number of products associated with livestock industry but within the Sri Lankan context, the use of diversified products is really low. Livestock products such as meat, fish, eggs and milk are consumed mainly within the Sri Lankan market. These are not the only products that can consume. There are huge number of products developing day by day within the country. Dairy industry is focusing on many products such as value-added ice-cream products, whey related products, different types of cheese and many other. Egg consumption at present mainly done as omelet or boiled form. There are different products such as egg rolls, pickled eggs and powdered eggs which can easily be introduced to the local market. Novel fish-based products such as Surimi, Fish sauce, Fish paste, fish protein concentrates are other products which

Pulling up a chair in a hall with nothing but blank faces, seemingly empty yet closed minds, gluing our eyes on to a white screen and involuntarily by habit passing our hands over sheets of paper one after another… A normal day, on a weekday afternoon at university. Well, maybe I over exaggerated quite a bit. I personally do enjoy learning new things and so do my mates. But there are days where I wished there’d miraculously come a break in routine. Covid-19 had us locked in our own homes and what a break in routine that was huh? But when the situation toned down, we were asked to go out on a poultry and cattle farm training by the university administration. We looked up for farms around our residential areas, packed up and left not knowing what to expect. There we were, with heaps of theoretical what-not piled up on our heads waiting to take the spot light in a territory beyond the limits of our knowledge. It didn’t take us long to figure out that we were miles away from even the thoug

Eggs were an important source of food for primitive man when most food was obtained through gathering. Early history documents that eggs were a delicacy and when abundant, a staple source of food. As poultry become domesticated eggs become a popular source of food that still provide a major source of essential nutrients in contemporary diets. Today eggs remain an important food source as well as a component of many other foods consumed throughout the world. When consider about the nutritional values eggs are rich source of protein. That is of a high biological value. Eggs are also an important source of essential unsaturated fatty acids, oleic acid a monosaturated fatty acids , iron ,phosphorus ,trace minerals the fat soluble vitamins and water soluble vitamins. Eggs provide a unique, well balanced source of nutrients for persons of all ages. Eggs contribute significantly to the body’s nutrient needs during rapid growth and are therefore an excellent food for young children and teenage