Quantitative Aspects of Ruminant Digestion and Metabolism

John M. Forbes James France

1: Introduction, J Dijkstra, J M Forbes and J France 2: Rate and Extent of Digestion, D R Mertens, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, USA 3: Digesta Flow, G J Faichney, Australia 4: In Vitro and In Situ Techniques for Estimating Digestibility, S López,University of Leon, Spain 5: Particle Dynamics, P M Kennedy, CSIRO Livestock Industries, Australia 6: Volatile Fatty Acid Production, J France and J Dijkstra 7: Nitrogen Transactions in Ruminants, J V Nolan, University of New England, Australia and R C Dobos, NSW Department Primary Industries, Australia 8: Rumen Micro-Organisms and their Interactions, M K Theodorou,BBSRC Institute for Grassland and Environmental Research, UK and J France 9: Microbial Energetics, J B Russell, Cornell University, USA and H J Strobel,University of Kentucky, USA 10: Rumen Function, A Bannink, Wageningen University, The Netherlands and S Tamminga, Wageningen University, The Netherlands 11: Glucose and Short-Chain Fatty Acid Metabolism, R P Brockman,St Peter's College, Canada 12: Metabolism of the Portal-Drained Viscera and Liver, D B Lindsay,University of Nottingham, UK and C K Reynolds, The Ohio State University, USA 13: 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 14: Protein Metabolism and Turnover, D Attaix, D Rémond andI C Savary-Auzeloux, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique,France 15: Interactions between Protein and Energy Metabolism, T C Wright,JA Maas and L P Milligan, University of Guelph, Canada 16: Calorimetry, R E Agnew and T Yan, Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, UK 17: Metabolic Regulation, R G Vernon, Hannah Research Institute, UK 18: Mineral Metabolism, E Kebreab, University of Guelph, Canada andD M S S Vitti, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Piracicaba,Brazil 19: Growth, G K Murdoch, E K Okine, W T Dixon, J D Nkrumah, University of Alberta, Canada, J A Basarab, Lacombe Research Centre, Canadaand R J Christopherson, University of Alberta, Canada 20: Pregnancy and Fetal Metabolism, AW Bell, Cornell University,Ithaca, USA, C L Ferrell, and H C Freetly, USDA-ARS, USA 21: Lactation: Statistical and Genetic Aspects of Simulating Lactation Data from Individual Cows Using a Dynamic, Mechanistic Model of Dairy Cow Metabolism, H A Johnson, T R Famula and R L Baldwin,University of California, USA 22: Mathematical Modelling of Wool Growth at the Cellular and Whole Animal Level, B N Nagorcka and M Freer, CSIRO Livestock Industries,Australia 23: Voluntary Feed Intake and Diet Selection, J M Forbes 24: 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 25: Animal Interactions with their Environment: Dairy Cows in Intensive Systems, T Mottram and N Prescott, Silsoe Research Institute, UK 26: Pasture Characteristics and Animal Performance, P Chilibroste,Estación Experimental M A Cassinoni, Uruguay, M Gibb, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Okehampton, UK and S Tamminga 27: Integration of Data in Feed Evaluation Systems, J P Cant,University of Guelph, Canada