Forage evaluation in ruminant nutrition /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2000.
• Subjects: Ruminants > Feeding and feeds.; Forage plants > Evaluation.; Ruminants > Nutrition.; Animal Nutrition (General); Feed Composition and Quality.; Techniques and Methodology.; Ruminants.; Analytical methods.; Chemical composition.; Composition.; Estimation.; Evaluation.; Forage.; Nutritive value.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 480 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This volume contains 21 chapters, which are principally in-depth reviews, in 6 sections covering: the importance of forage evaluation for humans and animals; estimating the energy value of forages; estimating the protein value of forages; physicochemical approaches; minerals, vitamins, antinutritive and other factors; and general conclusion and discussion. There is an index. Chapters have been abstracted individually.