Energy and protein metabolism and nutrition in sustainable animal production / / edited by James W. Oltjen, E. Kebreab, Hélène Lapierre.

• Superior document: European Association for Animal Production ; 134
• Author: EAAP-Symposium on Energy and Protein Metabolism and Nutrition Sacramento, Calif.)
• HerausgeberIn: Oltjen, James W.; Kebreab, E.; Lapierre, Hélène.
• TeilnehmendeR: European Association for Animal Production.
• Place / Publishing House: Wageningen : : Wageningen Academic Publishers :, Imprint: Wageningen Academic Publishers,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed. 2013.
• Language: English
• Series: European Association for Animal Production ; 134
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (537 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

As world population increases, demand for food and particularly animal products is expected to grow substantially. Because of limited area for expansion of animal agriculture and growing consumer concern for the environmental impact of animal production, gains in animal efficiency will have to be part of the solution. This book addresses key issues of how energy and protein are utilized and interact in farm animals from the molecular to the whole animal and even to the herd or group level of organization. It contains state-of-the-art research and reviews on several topics of nutrient utilization and metabolism from top scientists worldwide. Key issues addressed include energy/protein interactions, methodology such as in vitro and in vivo techniques, regulation including pre-natal programming and endocrine regulation, modeling and systems biology (including a tribute to the late Professor R. Lee Baldwin of the University of California, Davis, a leader in the field), products and health of animals, tissue metabolism, and environmental sustainability in agriculture. This book is a valuable resource for researchers, students, policy makers, producers and industry professionals believing that a better understanding of metabolism and nutrition of farm animals is part of the solution.

Table of Contents

""Table of contents""; ""Keynotes""; ""Part 1. Energy and protein interactions, ruminants""; ""Part 2. Energy and protein interactions, monogastrics""; ""Part 3. Tools and techniques""; ""Part 4. Regulation""; ""Part 5. Modeling / systems biology""; ""Part 6. Products and health""; ""Part 7. Tissue metabolism""; ""Part 8. Environmental sustainability""; ""Part 9. Baldwin symposium""; ""Preface""; ""Part 1 . Keynotes ""; ""Feeding the planet: key challenges""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Key challenges: the future demand for food""

""Closing yield gaps of crops and livestock and increasing adoption rates of key technologies in the developing world""""What we eat matters: how far can we go towards modifying human diets in different parts of the world?""; ""Structural change and competitiveness in the livestock sector""; ""The success of paying for environmental services (PES)""; ""Institutional and market mechanisms for reaching smallholders""; ""Animal health and food safety: regulation and surveillance in an era of more animals, higher volumes of food trade and more dise""

""Can the food system adapt to climate change and mitigate GHG emissions at a fast enough pace?""""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Role of animal products in feeding the planet""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Global livestock production and livestock production systems""; ""Ecological impacts related to livestock production""; ""Challenges and prospects for different livestock production systems""; ""Landless/industrial systems""; ""Mixed systems""; ""Grazing systems""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Part 2 . Energy and protein interactions, ruminants""

""Challenges in ruminant nutrition: towards minimal nitrogen losses in cattle""""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Nitrogen losses related to rumen microbial protein synthesis""; ""Sources of N for microbial protein synthesis""; ""Nitrogen recycling to the rumen""; ""Microbial nucleic acids""; ""Digestion of microbial true protein and escape protein""; ""N losses related to endogenous secretions""; ""N losses related to maintenance and milk protein synthesis""; ""Integration: nitrogen losses, energy substrates and methane production""; ""Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""

""Small intestinal fermentation contributes substantially to starch disappearance in milk-fed calves""""Introduction""; ""Material and methods""; ""Results and discussion""; ""References""; ""Nutrient digestion by dairy cows fed diets replacing starch with non-""; ""Introduction""; ""Material and methods""; ""Results and discussion""; ""References""; ""Effect of different dietary levels of Quebracho tannin extract on nitrogen""; ""Introduction""; ""Material and methods""; ""Results and discussion""; ""References""

""Effect of fescue toxicosis on nitrogen and energy balance in Holstein steers""