Forage evaluation in ruminant nutrition / edited by D.I. Givens ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Givens, D. I. (D. Ian)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forage plants--Evaluation.

Forage plants.

Ruminants--Feeding and feeds.

Ruminants.

Ruminants--Nutrition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 480 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxon ; New York : CABI Pub., c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pressures to maximize the use of forages in ruminant diets have renewed interest in fast, inexpensive methods for the estimation of their nutritional value. This book addresses the status of these procedures, and their potential and limitations.

Contents:

Contributors; Preface; 1 Forages and Their Role in Animal Systems; 2 Forage Evaluation for Efficient Ruminant Livestock Production; 3 Intake of Forages; 4 Prediction of Energy Supply in Ruminants, with Emphasis on Forages; 5 Forage Evaluation Using Measurements of Energy Metabolism; 6 The Measurement of Forage Digestibility In Vivo; 7 Faeces as a Source of Microbial Enzymes for Estimating Digestibility; 8 Enzyme Techniques for Estimating Digestibility; 9 The In Situ Technique for the Estimation of Forage Degradability in Ruminants; 10 Cumulative Gas-production Techniques for Forage Evaluation

11 Animal-based Techniques for the Estimation of Protein Value of Forages12 In Situ Techniques for the Estimation of Protein Degradability and Postrumen Availability; 13 Enzymatic and Microbial-cell Preparation Techniques for Predicting Rumen Degradation and Postruminal Availability of Protein; 14 Characterization of Forages by Chemical Analysis; 15 Near-infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy: an Alternative Approach for the Estimation of Forage Quality and Voluntary Intake; 16 NMR and Other Physicochemical Techniques for Forage Assessment; 17 Trace-mineral Status of Forages; 18 Major Minerals in Forages; 19 Vitamins in Forages; 20 Secondary Plant Compounds and Forage Evaluation; 21 Current Procedures, Future Requirements and the Need for Standardization; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-81156-0

9786610811564

0-85199-928-X

OCLC:

476051508