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Pressures to maximize the use of forages in ruminant diets have renewed interest in fast, inexpensive methods for the estimation of their nutritional value. As a result, a wide variety of physio-chemical procedures have been investigated for this purpose. This book addresses the status of these procedures, and their potential and limitations. It covers such topics as: the importance of forage evaluation for man and animal; estimating the energy and protein value of forages; physio-chemical approaches; and minerals, antinutritive and other factors.
| ISBN | 0851993443 | | Pages | 496 | | ISBN13 | 9780851993447
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | CABI Publishing | | Weight (grammes) | 1247 | | Imprint | CABI Publishing | | Published in | Wallingford | | Format | Hardback | | Series title | Cabi Publishing | | Publication date | 01 Jul 2000 | | Height (mm) | 260 | | Non-book description | xii, 480 p. : | | Width (mm) | 184 | | Library of Congress | 99052658 | | Spine width (mm) | 32 | | DEWEY | 636.20855 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Contributors | | | | | | Preface | | | | 1 | | Forages and Their Role in Animal Systems by R. J. Wilkins | | 1 | | 2 | | Forage Evaluation for Efficient Ruminant Livestock Production by D. E. Beever and F. L. Mould | | 15 | | 3 | | Intake of Forages by D. L. Romney and M. Gill | | 43 | | 4 | | Prediction of Energy Supply in Ruminants, with Emphasis on Forages by S. Lopez and J. Dijkstra and J. France | | 63 | | 5 | | Forage Evaluation Using Measurements of Energy Metabolism by C. K. Reynolds | | 95 | | 6 | | The Measurement of Forage Digestibility In Vivo by C. Rymer | | 113 | | 7 | | Faeces as a Source of Microbial Enzymes for Estimating Digestibility by H. M. Omed and D. K. Lovett and R. F. E. Axford | | 135 | | 8 | | Enzyme Techniques for Estimating Digestibility by D. I. H. Jones and M. K. Theodorou | | 155 | | 9 | | The In Situ Technique for the Estimation of Forage Degradability in Ruminants by E. R. Orskov | | 175 | | 10 | | Cumulative Gas-production Techniques for Forage Evaluation by B. A. Williams | | 189 | | 11 | | Animal-based Techniques for the Estimation of Protein Value of Forages by S. Tamminga and X. B. Chen | | 215 | | 12 | | In Situ Techniques for the Estimation of Protein Degradability and Postrumen Availability by T. Hvelplund and M. R. Weisbjerg | | 233 | | 13 | | Enzymatic and Microbial-cell Preparation Techniques for Predicting Rumen Degradation and Postruminal Availability of Protein by S. Calsamiglia and M. D. Stern and A. Bach | | 259 | | 14 | | Characterization of Forages by Chemical Analysis by D. J. R. Cherney | | 281 | | 15 | | Near-infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy: an Alternative Approach for the Estimation of Forage Quality and Voluntary Intake by E. R. Deaville and P. C. Flinn | | 301 | | 16 | | NMR and Other Physicochemical Techniques for Forage Assessment by D. S. Himmelsbach | | 321 | | 17 | | Trace-mineral Status of Forages by A. MacPherson | | 345 | | | More... | | |
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