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Contents of Animal Feed Science and Technology, Volume 43 VOL. 43 NOS. 1-2
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Nutritional evaluation of linseed meals from flax with yellow or brown hulls, using mice and pigs J.M. Bell and M.O. Keith (Saskatoon, Sask., Canada) .................................................... 1 Rumen degradation and in vivo digestibility of dried Calliandra calothyrsus leaves R.J. Kaitho (Naivasha, Kenya), S. Tamminga and J. Bruchem (Wageningen, Netherlands) .................................................................... 19 The effect of rumen ammonia nitrogen concentration on intake and digestion of wheat straw by goats S.J. Oosting and A. Waanders (Wageningen, Netherlands) ............................................. 31 Fibre analyses and in sacco degradability of plant fractions of two corn varieties harvested at various times G. Flachowsky, W. Peyker, A. Schneider and K. Henkel (Jena, Germany) .................... 41 The digestion and energy value of whole crop wheat treated with urea D.I. Givens, A.R. Moss and A.H. Adamson (Stratford-upon-Avon, UK) ....................... 51 Studies on the influence of calcium formate on growth, digestibility of crude nutrients, nitrogen balance and calcium retention in weaned piglets J. Pallauf and J. Hiiter (Giessen, Germany) .................................................................... 65 Replacement of soyabean meal with dehydrated lupin seeds in pig diets B.C. Donovan, M.A. McNiven (Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada), T.A. van Lunen (Nappan, N.S., Canada), D.M. Anderson (Truro, N.S., Canada) and J.A. MacLeod (Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada) ....................................................................................... 77 Study of variability in French cereals J.P. Metayer, F. Grosjean (Paris, France) and J. Castaing (Pau, France) ...................... 87 Protein and energy evaluation with rats of seed from 11 lupin cultivars B.O. Eggum, G. Tomes, R.M. Beames and F.U. Datta (Tjele, Denmark) ....................... 109 Feeding standards and feeding systems J.B. Schiere and J. de Wit (Wageningen, Netherlands) .................................................... 121 Feeding of urea treated straw in the tropics. I. A review of its technical principles and economics J.B. Schiere and A.J. Nell (Wageningen, Netherlands) .................................................... 135 Announcement from the Publisher .......................................................................................... [ 49
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Relationships between chemical components of veld herbage and in vitro digestibility and estimated intakes of dry matter and digestible dry matter by sheep and cattle J.W. Cilliers (Potchefstroom, South Africa) and H.J. Van der Merwe (Bloemfontein, South Africa) ........................................................................................... 151 Ensiling forage sorghum at two stages of maturity with the addition of lactic acid bacterial inoculants R. Meeske (Irene, South Africa), G. Ashbell, Z.G. Weinberg and T. Kipnis (Bet Dagan, Israel ) ....................................................................................................................165 Comparative utilization of rubber seed oil and palm oil by broilers in a humid tropical environment A.O. Fajimi, G.M. Babatunde, F.F. Ogunlana and A. Oyejide (Ibadan, Nigeria) ........... 177 The production and metabolism of volatile fatty acids by ruminants fed roughages: A review M.F.J. Van Houtert (Armidale, N.S.W., Australia) ......................................................... 189 A study of voluntary intake and digestibility of roughages in relation to their degradation characteristics and retention time in the rumen K.S. Nandra, A. Hendry and R.C. Dobos (Camden, N.S.W., Australia) ......................... 227 Effects of dietary inclusion of hulls of faba beans ( Viciafaba L. ) with a low and high content of condensed tannins on digestion and some physiological parameters in piglets A.J.M. Jansman, M.W.A. Verstegen and J. Huisman (Wageningen, Netherlands) ......... 239 Metabolizable energy value and effect on amino acid availability of medium-chain triglycerides in diets fed to chickens of different ages Y. Akiba, T.W. Hah, H. Murakami, M. Horiguchi (Sendai, Japan) and M. Yamazaki (Tsukuba, Japan) ....................................................................................... 259 Chemical changes during the ensiling of orange peel M. Dolores Megias, A. Martinez-Teruel, J.A. Gallego and J.M. Nfifiez (Murcia, Spain) ................................................................................................................................269 Nutritive value of raw and roasted sweet white lupins (Lupinus albus) for lactating dairy cows P.H. Robinson (Fredericton, N.B., Canada) and M.A. McNiven (Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada) ..................................................................................................................275 The reproductive performance of two genetically distinct lines of Medium White turkey hens when fed breeder diets with and without a yeast culture containing
Saccharomyces cerevisiae J. Hayat, T.F. Savage and L.W. Mirosh (Corvallis, OR, USA) ........................................ 291 In vitro digestion and textural strength of rind and pith of normal and brown midrib stems D.E. Akin, L.L. Rigsby (Athens, GA, USA), W.W. Hanna (Tifton, GA, USA) and C.E. Lyon (Athens, GA, USA) ......................................................................................... 303 A n n o u n c e m e n t f r o m t h e P u b l i s h e r ..........................................................................................
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