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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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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.