NorFor - The Nordic feed evaluation system
NorFor is a semi-mechanistic feed evaluation system for cattle, which is used by advisors in Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. This book describes in detail the system and it covers five main sections. The first is concerned with information on feed characteristics, feed analysis and feed digesti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wageningen
Wageningen Academic Publishers
2011, 2011
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2011 |
| Series: | European Association for Animal Production
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Overall model description
- 3. Animal input characteristics
- 4. Feed fraction characteristics
- 5. Feed analyses and digestion methods
- 6. Feed calculations in NorFor
- 7. Digestion and metabolism in the gastrointestinal tract
- 8. Energy and metabolizable protein supply
- 9. Animal requirements and recommendations
- 10. Prediction of voluntary feed intake
- 11. Chewing index system for predicting physical structure of the diet
- 12. Prediction of milk yield, weight gain and utilization of N, P and K
- 13. Standard feed value
- 14. System evaluation
- 15. The NorFor IT system, ration formulating and optimization
- Keyword index