Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition—1984 : Studies in the Agricultural and Food Sciences

Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition—1984 documents the proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Nutrition Conference for Feed Manufacturers. It covers a wide range of topics pertaining to the nutrition of farm livestock. The volume is organized into four parts. Part I on poultry nutrition contains papers relating to carcass quality in broilers. These deal with the influence of diet and genotype, and various aspects of meat quality. Part II on pig nutrition includes studies on the nutrition of early weaned pigs; differences in the recommendations of the Agricultural Research Council (UK) and the National Research Council (US) for energy and protein for growing pigs; and the importance of ileal digestibility of proteins in pig feeds. Part III on ruminant and horse nutrition includes papers on the efficacy of a wide range of substances for the manipulation of rumen fermentation to increase the efficiency of production; and new chemical methods for predicting the nutritive value of forages. Part IV on dairy cow nutrition addresses the practical aspects of feeding protein to dairy cattle and manipulation of milk composition by dietary means. Content: STUDIES in the AGRICULTURAL and FOOD SCIENCES , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Page v 1 - INFLUENCE OF DIET AND GENOTYPE ON CARCASS QUALITY IN POULTRY, AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES FOR SELECTION , Pages 3-16 2 - MEAT QUALITY IN BROILERS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO PIGMENTATION , Pages 17-41 3 - DIETS FOR EARLY WEANED PIGS , Pages 45-48 4 - LOCAL HYPERSENSITIVITY RESPONSE TO DIETARY ANTIGENS IN EARLY WEANED PIGS , Pages 49-59 5 - COMPARISON OF ARC AND NRC RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS FOR ENERGY AND PROTEIN IN GROWING PIGS , Pages 61-73 6 - ILEAL DIGESTIBILITIES OF AMINO ACIDS IN PIG FEEDS AND THEIR USE IN FORMULATING DIETS , Pages 75-95 7 - MANIPULATION OF THE GUT ENVIRONMENT OF PIGS , Pages 97-109 8 - MINERAL, TRACE ELEMENT AND VITAMIN ALLOWANCES FOR RUMINANT LIVESTOCK , Pages 113-142 9 - MANIPULATION OF RUMEN FERMENTATION , Pages 143-160 10 - NEW METHODS OF FORAGE EVALUATION , Pages 161-176 11 - ENERGY AND PROTEIN REQUIREMENTS OF HORSES , Pages 177-186 12 - EFFECT OF PROTEIN ON THE HEALTH OF DAIRY COWS , Pages 189-200 13 - PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF FEEDING PROTEIN TO DAIRY COWS , Pages 201-217 14 - MANIPULATION OF MILK COMPOSITION TO MEET MARKET NEEDS , Pages 219-243 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS , Pages 245-256 INDEX , Pages 257-260