Chapters are based on recent proceedings of the U. of Nottingham Feed Manufacturers Conference (date not specified). Recent years have seen the introduction of the metabolizable energy (ME) system for poultry as well as the compulsory declaration of the ME value of poultry feeds. Here, a number of chapters are devoted to this topic. In addition, attention is focused on the influence of fiber on digestibility of poultry feeds and the importance of dietary anion-cation balance to the efficiency of production. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
The interpretation of response data from animal feeding trials,
T.R.Morris; metabolizable energy evaluation of poultry diets, I.R.Sibbald;
energy evaluation of poultry rations, C.Fisher; techniques for determining
the metabolizable energy (ME) content of poultry feeds, C.Fisher and
J.M.McNab; the impact of declaration of the metabolizable energy (ME) value
poultry feeds, B.C.Cooke; influence of fibre on digestibility of poultry
feeds, U.M.M.A.Janssen and B.Carre (INRA); recent advances in dietary
anion-cation balance in poultry, P.Mongin; a bioeconomic model of turkey
production, R.E.Salmon and K.K.Klein; the nutritional requirements of turkeys
to meet current market demands, C.Nixey; influence of diet and genotype on
carcass quality in poultry, and their consequences for selection,
F.R.Leenstra; meat quality in broilers, with particular reference to
pigmentation, B.Lipstein; feeding the replacement pullet, S.Leeson and
J.D.Summers; pullet feeding systems during rearing in relation to subsequent
laying performance, R.G.Wells; response of laying hens to energy and amino
acids, R.M.Gous and F.J.Kleyn; climatic environment and poultry feeding in
practice, G.C.Emmans and D.R.Charles; dietary phosphorus for laying hens,
J.R.Hopkins et al; natural products for egg yolk pigmentation, C.G.Belyavin
and A.G.Marangos; eggshell formation and quality, K.N.Boorman et al;
influence of nutritional factors on hatchability, R.A.Pearson; recent
developments in the field of anticoccidial agents for poultry, A.C.Voeten;
nutrition-disease interactions of leg weakness in poultry, D.R.Wise; problems
of diarrhoea and wet litter in meat poultry; nutrient requirements of
gamebirds, J.V.Beer.
