Editors:
- Describes the NorFor system in detail: a semi-mechanistic feed evaluation system for cattle, which is used by advisors in Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
- Summarizes the entire work of NorFor, including development and documentation Of significant interest to researchers, students and advisors of cattle nutrition and feed evaluation
Part of the book series: European Association for Animal Production (EAAP, volume 30)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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 digestion methods. The second section describes the digestion and metabolism in the gastrointestinal tract and the supply and requirement of energy and metabolizable amino acids. The third section considers the prediction of feed intake and physical structure of the diet. The fourth section focuses on model evaluation and the final section provides information on the IT solutions and feed ration formulation by a non-linear economical optimization procedure. This book will be of significant interest to researchers, students and advisors of cattle nutrition and feed evaluation.
Editors and Affiliations
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TINE and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Akershus, Norway
Harald Volden
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: NorFor -
Book Subtitle: The Nordic feed evaluation system
Editors: Harald Volden
Series Title: European Association for Animal Production
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-718-9
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers Wageningen
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Wageningen Academic Publishers 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-90-8686-718-9Published: 05 October 2011
Series ISSN: 1570-7318
Edition Number: 1
Topics: Life Sciences, general
