Tabla de Contenidos:
  • BUILDING A NORTH AMERICAN FEED INFORMATION SYSTEM
  • Copyright
  • SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRITERIA FOR A NATIONAL FEED COMPOSITION DATA BASE
  • COMMITTEE ON ANIMAL NUTRITION
  • Staff
  • BOARD ON AGRICULTURE
  • Staff
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • BENEFITS AND USES OF FEED COMPOSITION DATA
  • Enhancing Productivity
  • Improving Animal Health and Welfare
  • Reducing Environmental Pollution
  • Recycling By-Products and Wastes
  • Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture
  • ISSUES OF REGULATION
  • Ensuring Food and Feed SafetyManaging Agricultural Pollution
  • EXCHANGING INFORMATION AND IMPROVING TRADE
  • TRANSITION TO IMPROVED ANIMAL FEEDING
  • Recommendations
  • Practical Solutions
  • 1 Improving the Application of Nutritional Science
  • NUTRITION'S VITAL ROLE
  • URGENT NEED FOR INFORMATION
  • 2 Potential of a North American Feed Information System
  • DIETARY MANAGEMENT OF FOOD-PRODUCING ANIMALS
  • Dairy
  • Poultry
  • IMPACTS ON ANIMAL HEALTH
  • Malnutrition and Undernutrition
  • Defense Against Disease
  • CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTMethane
  • Nutrient Loading
  • Nitrogen
  • Phosphorus
  • UTILIZATION OF BY-PRODUCTS AND WASTES
  • SUSTAINABILITY
  • INFLUENCE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING
  • REGULATORY IMPLICATIONS
  • Food and Feed Safety
  • Environmental Regulations
  • INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
  • Competing in Agricultural Trade
  • Marketing Dividends
  • Meeting the World Population's Food Demands
  • 3 Diverse Clientele of a North American Feed Information System
  • EDUCATORS AND RESEARCHERS
  • Education
  • Research
  • LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS, EXTENSION SPECIALISTS, AND CONSULTANTSFEED MANUFACTURERS
  • Small-Volume Feed Manufacturers
  • Large-Volume Feed Manufacturers and Technical Service Organizations
  • 4 The Data Base Concept
  • HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
  • REJUVENATION OF A CRUCIAL SYSTEM
  • EXAMINING SEVERAL PARADIGMS
  • Aspects of Utility
  • Similarities in Subject Matter and Function
  • Accessibility
  • Efforts Outside the United States
  • Practical Considerations
  • Progress and Partnerships
  • 5 Making the Concept a Reality
  • KEY PLAYERS
  • Organizational RelationshipsQUALITY DATA
  • Classification
  • Chemical and Analytical Aspects of Feedstuff Analysis
  • Biological Characterization of Feedstuffs
  • Sources of Data
  • A FINANCIAL INVESTMENT
  • References
  • About the Authors