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Forage evaluation in ruminant nutrition /

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...

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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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505 0 # |a Forages and Their Role in Animal Systems / R.J. Wilkins -- Forage Evaluation for Efficient Ruminant Livestock Production / D.E. Beever and F.L. Mould -- Intake of Forages / D.L. Romney and M. Gill -- Prediction of Energy Supply in Ruminants, with Emphasis on Forages / S. López, J. Dijkstra and J. France -- Forage Evaluation Using Measurements of Energy Metabolism / C.K. Reynolds -- The Measurement of Forage Digestibility In Vivo / C. Rymer -- Faeces as a Source of Microbial Enzymes for Estimating Digestibility / H.M. Omed, D.K. Lovett and R.F.E. Axford -- Enzyme Techniques for Estimating Digestibility / D.I.H. Jones and M.K. Theodorou -- The In Situ Technique for the Estimation of Forage Degradability in Ruminants / E.R. Ørskov -- Cumulative Gas-production Techniques for Forage Evaluation / B.A. Williams -- Animal-based Techniques for the Estimation of Protein Value of Forages / S. Tamminga and X.B. Chen -- In Situ Techniques for the Estimation of Protein Degradability and Postrumen Availability / T. Hvelplund and M.R. Weisbjerg -- Enzymatic and Microbial-cell Preparation Techniques for Predicting Rumen Degradation and Postruminal Availability of Protein / S. Calsamiglia, M.D. Stern and A. Bach -- Characterization of Forages by Chemical Analysis / D.J.R. Cherney -- Near-infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy : an Alternative Approach for the Estimation of Forage Quality and Voluntary Intake / E.R. Deaville and P.C. Flinn -- NMR and Other Physicochemical Techniques for Forage Assessment / D.S. Himmelsbach -- Trace-mineral Status of Forages / A. MacPherson -- Major Minerals in Forages / L.R. McDowell and G. Valle -- Vitamins in Forages / N. Ballet, J.C. Robert and P.E.V. Williams -- Secondary Plant Compounds and Forage Evaluation / J.D. Reed, C. Krueger, G. Rodriguez and J. Hanson -- Current Procedures, Future Requirements and the Need for Standardization / D.I. Givens, E. Owen and A.T. Adesogan. 
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530 # # |a Also available in print format. 
588 # # |a Title from PDF title page (viewed August 23, 2013). 
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650 # 4 |a Techniques and Methodology. 
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650 # 7 |a Estimation.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Evaluation.  |2 cabt 
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