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This book contains the proceedings of the 38th University of Nottingham Feed Conference, where topical issues facing the animal feed industry were addressed. Current trends in the feed industry are towards increasing globalisation, as highlighted in a paper on the Asian livestock industry, and tighter legislation, as discussed in several papers on aspects of legislation and analysis of raw materials.

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Author:   Philip C. Garnsworthy ,  Julian Wiseman
Publisher:   Nottingham University Press
Imprint:   Nottingham University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.757kg
ISBN:  

9781904761006

ISBN 10:   1904761003
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   01 January 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781904761013
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Feeding the high health status pig Managing feed intake of weaned piglets Implications of new fat sources for non-ruminant nutrition An update on the energy and nutrient requirements of companion animals New European legislation on feed additives Legislation that will have a significant impact on the feed industry, particularly in the UK Strategies and methods to detect and quantify mammalian tissues in feedstuffs Molecular techniques for analysing feed raw materials Changes in the Asian livestock industries: implications for European producers and the feed industry The role of the leptin axis in modulating energy partitioning and nutrient utilization in livestock species Carbohydrate nutrition of transition dairy cows Recent advances in the use of dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) for transition dairy cows Metabolizable methionine optimization of dairy cow rations Alternative strategies for manipulating milk fat in dairy cows Development of a simple nutrient based feed evaluation model for dairy cows List of participants Index

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<b>P. C. Garnsworthy</b> </b>has established an international reputation in dairy science through many years of active research at the University of Nottingham where he is an Associate Professor and Reader in Dairy Science. He is one of the authors of <i>Writing and Presenting Scientific Papers</i> which has been a consistently popular book from Nottingham University Press for many years. He has published many scientific papers and is co-editor of 16 of the annual Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition. He has also edited several ruminant and the occasional non-ruminant book. Dr. Garnsworthy is one of the two founders of Nottingham University Press which was started in 1992, and he still retains an active interest in the company.</p>

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