Forage Evaluation in Ruminant NutritionCABI, 25 mai 2000 - 496 pages Current pressures to maximise 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 biological and physiochemical procedures have recently been investigated for this purpose.This book is the single definitive reference volume on the current status of research in this areaCovers all forages eaten by ruminant animals |
Table des matières
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Intake of Forages | 43 |
Estimating the Energy Value of Forages | 63 |
Forage Evaluation Using Measurements of Energy Metabolism | 95 |
The Measurement of Forage Digestibility In Vivo | 113 |
Faeces as a Source of Microbial Enzymes for Estimating Digestibility | 135 |
Enzyme Techniques for Estimating Digestibility | 155 |
in Ruminants | 175 |
Enzymatic and Microbialcell Preparation Techniques for Predicting | 259 |
Physicochemical Approaches | 281 |
an Alternative Approach | 301 |
NMR and Other Physicochemical Techniques for Forage Assessment | 321 |
Minerals Vitamins Antinutritive and Other Factors | 345 |
Major Minerals in Forages | 373 |
Vitamins in Forages | 399 |
Secondary Plant Compounds and Forage Evaluation | 433 |
Cumulative Gasproduction Techniques for Forage Evaluation | 189 |
Estimating the Protein Value of Forages | 215 |
In Situ Techniques for the Estimation of Protein Degradability | 233 |
General Conclusion and Discussion | 449 |
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