This book contains the proceedings of the 40th University of Nottingham Feed Conference. Authors of all chapters are international experts in their fields and have provided comprehensive analyses of the issues together with practical applications.
Milk fatty acids: implications for human health * Milk protein: biology supports balancing rations for amino acids * Nutrient regulation of hormonal, humoral and cellular responses in postpartum lactating dairy Cows: building blocks for restoration of fertility? * Body condition score in dairy cows: targets for production and fertility * Extended lactations in intensive and pasture-based dairying * Antioxidants in animal products * Meat as a component of a healthy diet - are there any risks or benefits if meat is avoided in the diet? * Interpretation and application of EC rulings * European union enlargement: effects on UK animal agriculture * By-products from non-food agriculture: implications for the feed supply industry * By-products from non-food agriculture: technicalities of nutrition and quality * Effects of manipulating muscle glycogen on meat quality in pigs * Effects of l-carnitine and other strategies to influence prenatal muscle development and subsequent offspring performance * Poultry zoonoses * Genetics and nutrition: what's around the corner? * Sow and boar nutrition: modern nutrition for modern genotypes * Physicochemical changes to starch structure during processing of raw materials and their implications for starch digestibility in newly-weaned piglets * Nutritional value of legumes (pea and faba bean) and economics of their use * List of participants * Index