Main Description

The first edition of this book, published in 1993, was very well received as providing a comprehensive review of the digestion and metabolism of ruminant animals. Since its publication, much new research has been conducted in the subject and knowledge has increased. This is incorporated in this second edition through the addition of five completely new chapters. These cover; the gas production technique in feed evaluation; calorimetry; the relationship between pasture characteristics and animal performance; feed processing; and the integration of data in feed evaluation systems. Other chapters have been fully expanded and updated as appropriate and Dr Dijkstra has also been enrolled as the lead editor. This book brings together quantitative approaches used in the study of mechanisms of ruminant digestion and metabolism.

Readership

Advanced students and researcher workers in animal nutrition.

Main Contents

Introduction, J Dijkstra, J M Forbes and J France

Rate and Extent of Digestion, D R Mertens, USDA-AgriculturalResearch Service, USA

Digesta Flow, G J Faichney, Australia

In Vitro and In Situ Techniques for Estimating Digestibility, S López,University of Leon, Spain

Particle Dynamics, P M Kennedy, CSIRO Livestock Industries, Australia

Volatile Fatty Acid Production, J France and J Dijkstra

Nitrogen Transactions in Ruminants, J V Nolan, University of NewEngland, Australia and R C Dobos, NSW Department PrimaryIndustries, Australia

Rumen Micro-Organisms and their Interactions, M K Theodorou,BBSRC Institute for Grassland and Environmental Research, UK andJ France

Microbial Energetics, J B Russell, Cornell University, USA and H J Strobel,University of Kentucky, USA

Rumen Function, A Bannink, Wageningen University, TheNetherlands and S Tamminga, Wageningen University, TheNetherlands

Glucose and Short-Chain Fatty Acid Metabolism, R P Brockman,St Peter's College, Canada

Metabolism of the Portal-Drained Viscera and Liver, D B Lindsay,University of Nottingham, UK and C K Reynolds, The Ohio StateUniversity, USA

Fat Metabolism and Turnover, D W Pethick, Murdoch University,Australia, G S Harper, CSIRO, Division of Livestock Industries,Australia and F R Dunshea, Murdoch University, Australia

Protein Metabolism and Turnover, D Attaix, D Rémond andI C Savary-Auzeloux, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique,France

Interactions between Protein and Energy Metabolism, T C Wright,JA Maas and L P Milligan, University of Guelph, Canada

Calorimetry, R E Agnew and T Yan, Agricultural Research Instituteof Northern Ireland, UK

Metabolic Regulation, R G Vernon, Hannah Research Institute, UK

Mineral Metabolism, E Kebreab, University of Guelph, Canada andD M S S Vitti, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Piracicaba,Brazil

Growth, G K Murdoch, E K Okine, W T Dixon, J D Nkrumah, Universityof Alberta, Canada, J A Basarab, Lacombe Research Centre, Canadaand R J Christopherson, University of Alberta, Canada

Pregnancy and Fetal Metabolism, AW Bell, Cornell University,Ithaca, USA, C L Ferrell, and H C Freetly, USDA-ARS, USA

Lactation: Statistical and Genetic Aspects of Simulating LactationData from Individual Cows Using a Dynamic, Mechanistic Modelof Dairy Cow Metabolism, H A Johnson, T R Famula and R L Baldwin,University of California, USA

Mathematical Modelling of Wool Growth at the Cellular and WholeAnimal Level, B N Nagorcka and M Freer, CSIRO Livestock Industries,Australia

Voluntary Feed Intake and Diet Selection, J M Forbes

Feed Processing: Effects on Nutrient Degradation and Digestibility,A F B Van der Poel, Wageningen University, The Netherlands,E Prestløkken, Agricultural University of Norway and J O Goelema,Pre-Mervo, The Netherlands

Animal Interactions with their Environment: Dairy Cows inIntensive Systems, T Mottram and N Prescott, Silsoe ResearchInstitute, UK

Pasture Characteristics and Animal Performance, P Chilibroste,Estación Experimental M A Cassinoni, Uruguay, M Gibb, Institute ofGrassland and Environmental Research, Okehampton, UK andS Tamminga

Integration of Data in Feed Evaluation Systems, J P Cant,University of Guelph, Canada

The first edition of this book, published in 1993, was very well received as providing a comprehensive review of the digestion and metabolism of ruminant animals. Since its publication, much new research has been conducted in the subject and knowledge has increased. This is incorporated in this second edition through the addition of five...