Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition—1984

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.

I Poultry Nutrition

1 Influence of Diet and Genotype on Carcass Quality in Poultry, and Their Consequences for Selection

2 Meat Quality in Broilers, with Particular Reference to Pigmentation

II Pig Nutrition

3 Diets for Early Weaned Pigs

4 Local Hypersensitivity Response to Dietary Antigens in Early Weaned Pigs

5 Comparison of ARC and NRC Recommended Requirements for Energy and Protein in Growing Pigs

6 Ileal Digestibilities of Amino Acids in Pig Feeds and Their Use in Formulating Diets

7 Manipulation of the Gut Environment of Pigs

III Ruminant and Horse Nutrition

8 Mineral, Trace Element and Vitamin Allowances for Ruminant Livestock

9 Manipulation of Rumen Fermentation

10 New Methods of Forage Evaluation

11 Energy and Protein Requirements of Horses

IV Dairy Cow Nutrition

12 Effect of Protein on the Health of Dairy Cows

13 Practical Aspects of Feeding Protein to Dairy Cows

14 Manipulation of Milk Composition to Meet Market Needs

List of Participants

Index