LEADER 03428nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910451397503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-81156-0 010 $a9786610811564 010 $a0-85199-928-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000344565 035 $a(EBL)292072 035 $a(OCoLC)476051508 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000156772 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11147307 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156772 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10130541 035 $a(PQKB)10565950 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC292072 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL292072 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170102 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL81156 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000344565 100 $a19991013d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aForage evaluation in ruminant nutrition$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by D.I. Givens ... [et al.] 210 $aWallingford, Oxon ;$aNew York $cCABI Pub.$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (492 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-85199-344-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContributors; 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 327 $a11 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 327 $a18 Major Minerals in Forages19 Vitamins in Forages; 20 Secondary Plant Compounds and Forage Evaluation; 21 Current Procedures, Future Requirements and the Need for Standardization; Index 330 $aPressures 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. 606 $aForage plants$xEvaluation 606 $aRuminants$xFeeding and feeds 606 $aRuminants$xNutrition 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aForage plants$xEvaluation. 615 0$aRuminants$xFeeding and feeds. 615 0$aRuminants$xNutrition. 676 $a636.20855 701 $aGivens$b D. I$g(D. Ian)$0969358 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451397503321 996 $aForage evaluation in ruminant nutrition$92229742 997 $aUNINA