Abstract: Animal nutrition is an extremely important and core branch of animal husbandry.Its development and progress drive the sustainable development of the entire feed industry and even the animal husbandry industry.Starting from the concept of nutrition,this paper retrospected several important stages and landmark achievements in the development of animal nutrition,analyzed the limitations and shortcomings of traditional animal nutrition,and proposed future developmental direction of domestic animal nutrition based on the current developmental stage and feature of this discipline.From the aspects of strategy formulation,research focus,theoretical system,research field,technology research and development,and ecological protection,the constructing of systematic animal nutrition system and unrevealing of ‘black box’ in animal nutrition research were emphasized,so as to implement the dialectical unity of resource environment,animal production and human health with disciplinary development.