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Instant Insights: Crops as Livestock Feed (Paperback): Kristin Hales, Jeferson Lourenco, Darren S. Seidel, Osman Yasir Koyun,... Instant Insights: Crops as Livestock Feed (Paperback)
Kristin Hales, Jeferson Lourenco, Darren S. Seidel, Osman Yasir Koyun, Dylan Davis, …
R1,236 Discovery Miles 12 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This specially curated collection features five reviews of current and key research on crops as livestock feed. The first chapter reviews the impact of feeding ruminants cereal grains on animal physiology and health. The chapter explores the use of starch-containing cereal grains as a feedstuff to improve animal efficiency and performance, as well as to reduce the environmental footprint of ruminant animal production. The second chapter discusses key environmental trade-offs in the use of crops as livestock feed. It reviews key elements in trade-off analysis and explores opportunities for making better use of existing feed resources and producing more feed biomass of higher fodder quality. The third chapter reviews ways of optimising the use of barley for animal feed, from production and breeding through to the application of new technologies such as near infrared spectroscopy and molecular markers. The fourth chapter reviews the use of sorghum as an important source of fodder and forage. It reviews the different types of sorghum used for forage and other applications, and then provides a detailed discussion of the use of forage sorghum as feed for ruminants. The final chapter discusses the use of soybean meal (SBM) as an animal feed. It assesses the nutritional content of SBM, as well dealing with its anti-nutritive compounds in optimising its use.

Instant Insights: Antibiotics in Poultry Production (Paperback): Jeferson M. Lourenco, Darren S. Seidel, Todd Callaway, Issmat... Instant Insights: Antibiotics in Poultry Production (Paperback)
Jeferson M. Lourenco, Darren S. Seidel, Todd Callaway, Issmat I. Kassem, Yosra A. Helmy, …
R1,232 Discovery Miles 12 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on antibiotics in poultry production. The first chapter places the use of antibiotics in poultry production in its historical context to understand the benefits that antibiotics have conferred on animal production to date. It considers past, present and future use of antibiotics, focusing on the use of bacteriocins and phytochemicals. The second chapter considers the benefits and repercussions of the use of antibiotics in poultry production. It details the emergence of antibiotic resistance, as well as the potential risks to public health and sustainable farming associated with antibiotic use. The third chapter reviews the identification and use of prebiotics as a control measure against contamination of poultry products. The chapter covers both traditional prebiotic compounds such as fructooligosaccharides, and less conventional sources such as guar gum. The final chapter presents the background and current use of Competitive Exclusion (CE) as a preventative measure against Salmonella infections in poultry, by administration ofcultures of intestinal origin to day-old chickens.

Instant Insights: Metabolic Disorders in Dairy Cattle (Paperback): Gregory B. Penner, Emilio Ungerfeld, Timothy J. Hackmann,... Instant Insights: Metabolic Disorders in Dairy Cattle (Paperback)
Gregory B. Penner, Emilio Ungerfeld, Timothy J. Hackmann, Mike Coffey, Kristin Hales, …
R1,234 Discovery Miles 12 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This specially curated collection features four reviews of current and key research on metabolic disorders in dairy cattle. The first chapter reviews the prevalence, etiology and effects of ruminal acidosis, as well as ways to counteract it through regulation of ruminal pH. The chapter includes a case study on subacute rumen acidosis (SARA) in the post-partum phase of the transition period. The second chapter assesses the main pathways for rumen fermentation which is a major factor in efficient transformation of nutrients. It discusses factors influencing the efficiency of microbial growth as well as the interactions between rumen energy and nitrogen metabolism in ensuring efficient digestion and avoiding metabolic disorders. The third chapter investigates the genetics of improving feed intake efficiency which has significant potential in reducing metabolic disorders. The chapter reviews key challenges in developing genomic selection indices for feed intake, including recording feed intake, pooling genetic data and establishing genomic breeding values for feed efficiency. The fourth chapter discusses how cereal grains impact feed efficiency in cattle. It reviews how cereal grains can be used to improve feed efficiency and the microbiology of cereal grain fermentation. The chapter also discusses ways of avoiding acidosis and other negative feed effects.

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