Subject index, volumes 57–62

ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

EUEVIER

Animal Feed Science and Technology

62 ( 19%) 291-3 I6

Subject Index, Volumes 5’7-62 Acid oil Determination of apparent and true dietary fatty acid digestibilities and metabolisable energy using ileal digesta and excreta from broiler chickens, 62 (1996) 131 Adaptation Lasting effects of monensin on rumen and caecal fermentation in sheep fed a high grain diet, 62 (1996) 215 Additives Effect of maturity stage and method of preservation on the yield and quality of forage sorghum, 57 ( 1996) 63 Adsorption isotherms In vitro aflatoxin adsorption by means of a montmorillonite silicate. A study of adsorption isotherms, 62 (1996) 263 Aerobic deterioration A method for obtaining and storing uniform silage for feeding experiments, 57 (1996) 87 Atlatoxin Effect of treating with propionic acid, sodium bisultite and sodium hydroxide on the biosynthesis of aflatoxin on groundnut cake, 60 f 1996) 43 In vitro aflatoxin adsorption by means of a montmorillonite silicate. A study of adsorption isotherms. 62 f 1996)263 Air classification The feeding value for broiler chickens of pea chips derived from milled peas (Pisumsuriuum L.) during air classification into starch fractions, 6 I ( 1996) 205

Alfalfa hay Degradability characteristics of dry matter and crude protein of forages in ntminants, 57 ( 19%) 291

Intake, rumen fermentation characteristics, and feedstuff in situ digestion kinetics as influenced by fungal biomass in alfalfa hay fed to cattle, 61 (1996) 291 Alfalfa leaf extracts Effect of graded levels of ethoxyquin in alfalfa leaf extracts on carotenoid and cholesterol concentrations in chicks, 62 (1996) 141 Alfalfa stems A shearing technique measuring properties of plant stems, 57 (19%)

resistance 225

Alkaline hydrogen peroxide treatment The effect of sodium hydroxide and alkaline hydrogen peroxide on chemical composition of wheat straw and voluntary intake, growth and digesta kinetics in store lambs, 60 (1996) 69 n-Alkane Comparison of n-alkanes and chromium oxide methods for estimating herbage intake by grazing dairy cows, 61 (1996) 15.5 Alternate protein sources Alternate protein sources diets, 59 f 1996) 7 I

for salmon

and tram

Altitude A comparison of ten rice-straw varieties grown at two different altitudes during a wet and a dry season, using the in vitro cumulative gas production technique, 57 (I 996) I83

292

Subject Index, Volumes 57-62

Amino acid

Digestibility and availability of protein and phosphorus in pigs fed wet barley protein and wet distillers solids from integrated starchethanol production, 58 (1996) 201 Balancing the amino acid needs of the dairy cow, 60 (1996) 153

Feeding of oxidized fats to broilers and swine: effects on enterocyte turnover, hepatocyte proliferation and the gut associated lymphoid tissue, 62 (1996) I Antioxidants improve cattle immunity following stress, 62 (1996) 59 Apparent metabolizable energy determination

Optimizing the protein nutrition of growingfinishing pigs, 60 (1996) 331 Nutrient digestibility and protein quality of oats differing in chemical composition evaluated in rats and by an in vitro technique, 62 (1996) 203 Amino acid digestibility

Digestible amino acids for poultry and swine, 59 (19961 147 Ammonia treatment

Use of NIRS to estimate the improvement in digestibility after ammonia treatment of cereal straws, 57 (1996) 149 Ammoniation of barley straw. Effect on cellulose crystallinity and water-holding capacity, 58 (1996) 239 Evaluation of straw treatment with ammonia sources on growing bulls, 60 (19%) 1I7 Ammonia treatment-energetical aspects

and ecological

Evaluation of straw treatment with ammonia sources on growing bulls, 60 (1996) I I7 Antinutritional

factors

Thermal processing of whole soya beans: Studies on the inactivation of antinutritional factors and effects on ileal digestibility in piglets, 57 (1996) 313 Effects of duration of cooking of full-fat soya beans on proximate analysis, levels of antinutritional factors, and digestibility by weanling pigs, 62 (1996) 229 Antioxidant

Importance of antioxidant vitamins in immunity and health in animals, 59 (1996) 103 Vitamin E biopotency: Comparison of various ‘natural-derived’ and chemically synthesized a-tocopherols, 59 ( 1996) I I5

Assessment of energy levels in feedstuffs for poultry, 62 (1996) I5 Aquaculture

feeds

Alternate protein sources for salmon and trout diets, 59 (1996) 71 Arabmoxylan

Use of enzymes to improve nutrient availability in poultry feedstuffs, 60 (1996) 321 Cereal grain starch and exogenous enzymes in poultry diets, 62 (1996) 21 Ardacin

Effects of ardacin supplementation on rumen fermentation and protein degradability in steers, 57 (1996) 97 Artificial rumen

Effects of deer or cattle inoculum on estimating nutritive value of deer forages using in situ bag technique in the artificial tumen, 61 (19%) 343 Avian herbivore

Nutrition and feeding of ostriches, 59 (1996) 27 Bacteria

Microbial strategies in the mminal digestion of cereal grains, 62 (1996) 29 Barley The

effect of pelleting an enzyme-supplemented barley-based broiler diet, 58 (1996) 283

Use of enzymes to improve nutrient availability in poultry feedstuffs, 60 (1996) 321 Effects of dietary level of barley hulls and tibre type on protein and energy digestibilities of Condor hulless barley in growing swine, 61 (1996) 173 Factors affecting the feeding quality of barley for ruminants, 62 ( 1996) 37

Subject Index. Volumes 57-62 A comparison of methods for measuring the nutritive value for pigs of a range of hulled and hulless barley cultivars, 62 (1996) 189 Barley straw Ammoniation of barley straw. Effect on cellulose crystallinity and water-holding capacity, 58 (I 9%) 239 Beef cattle Need for escape (1996) I91

protein by grazing

cattle,

60

Distillers grains as an energy source and effect of drying on protein availability, 60 (19%) 201 B-glucan Cereal grain starch and exogenous poultry diets, 62 (19%) 21

enzymes

in

Big bale grass silage The response of sheep to big bale grass silage ensiled with, or supplemented separately with, molassed sugar beet feed, 59 (I 996) 279 Response of growing steers to diets containing big bale silage and supplements of molassed sugar beet pulp with and without white fish meal, 62 (1996) 151 Biological value Nutrient digestibility and protein quality of oats differing in chemical composition evaluated in rats and by an in vitro technique, 62 (19%) 203 Biomass production Replacement of starch by digestible tibre in feed for the growing rabbit. 2. Consequences for microbial activity in the caecum and on incidence of digestive disorders, 61 (1996) 193 Biopotency Vitamin E biopotency: Comparison of various ‘natural-derived’ and chemically synthesized a-tocopherols, 59 (I 996) I 15

different dietary crude protein levels, 61 (19%) 27

293 and methionine

Cereal grain starch and exogenous poultry diets, 62 (1996) 21

enzymes

in

Determination of apparent and true dietary fatty acid digestibilities and metabolisable energy using ileal digesta and excreta from broiler chickens, 62 (1996) 131 Broiler chicks Supplemental value of dried yeast in a high-fibre diet for broiler chicks, 62 (1996) 91 Bromegrass Development and application of a selection criterion for particle size breakdown of smooth bromegrass leaves, 61 (I 9%) 57 Buffalo Evaluation of annual ryegrass straw:com juice silage with cattle and water buffalo: digestibility in cattle vs. buffalo, and growth performance and subsequent lactational performance of Holstein heifers, 57 (1996) 195 Evaluation of rice straw - poultry droppings based rations supplemented with graded levels of rice bran in tistulated buffaloes, 58 (1996) 227 Nutrient utilization by Murrah from compressed (Buhulus hub&s) feed blocks, 59 (19%) 255

buffaloes complete

By-products Nutritive value of postharvest bean by-products (Phuseolus uulgaris L.) for ruminants, 62 (1996) 271 By-products-animal waste Effects of forage level in broiler litter-based diets on feed intake, digestibility and particulate passage rate in Holstein steers at different live weights, 62 (1996) 163

Brewer’s wet grains Effects of wet brewers grains on milk yield, milk composition and blood components of dairy cows in hot weather, 57 (1996) 175

By-products-distillery waste Digestibility and utilisation of diets composed of wet distillers’ solids or soyabean meal and supplemented with liquid lysine product for growing pigs, 57 (1996) 267

Broiler The effect of substituting Kenyan Serena sorghum for maize in broiler starter diets with

Caecal fermentation Replacement of starch by digestible tibre in feed for the growing rabbit. 2. Consequences

Subject Index, Volumes 57-62

294

for microbial activity in the caecum and on incidence of digestive disorders, 61 (19%) 193

Canola meal Variation

in feed

meals, 59 (19%)

ingredient

quality:

oilseed

Feeding minerals 241

to cattle on pasture, 60 (1996)

Vitamin E supplementation (19%) 273

for the ruminant,

60

129

The effects of protease and carbohydrase supplementation on the nutritive value of canola meal for poultry: In vitro and in vivo studies, 61 (1996) 219

Canola oil The digestible

energy value of canola oil for growing pigs as measured by level of inclusion, 62(1996) Ill

Carbohydrate Effects of different processing procedures for rice bran on dietary nutrient digestion in each segment of the digestive tract of steers, 59 (1996) 265

Carcass traits Hydrolyzed feather meal as a source of amino acids for fmisher pigs, 57 (1996) IS

Colonization of rice straw by white-rot fungi (Cyurhus srercoreus): Effect on ruminal fermentation pattern, nitrogen metabolism, and fiber utilization during continuous culture, 61 (1996) I Comparison of n-alkanes and chromium oxide methods for estimating herbage intake by grazing dairy cows, 61 (1996) I55 Effects diets on passage weights,

of forage level in broiler litter-based feed intake, digestibility and particulate rate in Holstein steers at different live 62 (1996) 163

Cattle-calf Evaluation of diet containing Lactobacilli on performance, Fecal Coliform, and Lactobacilli of young dairy calves, 57 (1996) 39

Cattle-dairy Carotenoids Effect of graded levels of ethoxyquin in alfalfa leaf extracts on carotenoid and cholesterol concentrations in chicks, 62 (1996) 141 Catalytic level Evaluation of rice straw - poultry droppings based rations supplemented with graded levels of rice bran in fistulated buffaloes, 58 (1996) 227 Cation-anion difference Is there an optima1 cation-anion lactation diets?, 59 (1996) 3

difference

Effect of changing the proportion, wheat: sorghum in dairy cow rations on carbohydrate digestibility and NAN flow to the intestine, 57 (19%)

15

Effects of wet brewers grains on milk yield, milk composition and blood components of dairy cows in hot weather, 57 (1996) 175 Chemical and protein quality parameters of heat processed sunflower oilcake for dairy cattle, 58 ( 1996) 249

for

Cattle Evaluation of grass straw:com juice silage as a ruminant feedstuff: digestibility, straw ammoniation and supplementation with by-pass protein, 57 (1996) 1 Evaluation of annual ryegrass straw:com juice silage with cattle and water buffalo: digestibility in cattle vs. buffalo, and growth performance and subsequent lactational performance of Holstein heifers, 57 (1996) 195

Effects of dried citrus pulp on milk yield, milk composition and blood components of dairy cows, 60 (1996) 87

Cattle-general Effects of ardacin supplementation on rumen fermentation and protein degradability in steers, 57 (1996) 97 The effect of temperature during processing rape seed meal on amino acid degradation the rumen and digestion in the intestine, (19%) 213

of in 58

Subjecr Index. Volumes 57-62

Cattle-growing Evaluation of straw treatment with ammonia sources on growing bulls, 60 (1996) 117

Cattle immunity Antioxidants improve cattle ing stress, 62 (1996) 59

immunity

295

Chicken Nutrient retention and production parameters of Single Comb White Leghorn layers fed diets with varying crude protein levels and supplemented with direct-fed microbials, 61 (1996) 17

follow-

Cecum Effects of feeding Yuccu schidigero extract in diets varying in crude protein and urea contents on growth performance and cecum and blood urea and ammonia concentrations of rabbits, 62 (1996) 121

The effect of substituting Kenyan Serena sorghum for maize in broiler starter diets with different dietary crude protein and methionine levels, 61 (1996) 27

Chicken-broiler Response of broiler chicks to dietary full-fat soybeans extruded at different temperatures prior to or after grinding, 57 ( 1996) 239

Cellulolysis Effects of the nature of roughage and concentrate and their proportion on ruminal characteristics of non lactating goats, consequences on digestive interactions, 58 (1996) 267

Cellulose crystallinity Ammoniation of barley straw. Effect on cellulose crystallinity and water-holding capacity, 58 (1996) 239 Cell wall Microbial degradation of the apical internode of Co125 and W401 maize in the rumen, 58 (I 9%) 165 Quality-related characteristics of forages as influenced by plant environment and agronomic factors, 59 (19%) 37

The effect of pelleting an enzyme-supplemented barley-based broiler diet, 58 (1996) 283 The feeding value of Kenyan sorghum, sunflower seed cake and sesame seed cake for broilers and layers, 61 (1996) 41 The feeding value for broiler chickens of pea chips derived from milled peas (Pisum surivum L.) during air classification into starch fractions, 61 (19%) 205 Chicken-chick Fermentation of soya-bean meal with Aspergillus usami improves phosphorus availability in chicks, 60 (1996) 131

Chicken-cocked Cell wall constituents Fermentation pattern and changes in cell wall constituents of straw-forage silages, straws and partners during storage, 61 (1996) I37

Utilization of different fats and oils by adult chickens as a source of energy, lipid and fatty acids, 61 (1996) 335

Chicken-general Cereal Nutrient digestibility and protein quality of oats differing in chemical composition evaluated in rats and by an in vitro technique. 62 (1996) 203

Cereal grain Microbial strategies in the ruminal digestion cereal grains, 62 ( 1996) 29

of

Chick Effect of graded levels of etboxyquin in alfalfa leaf extracts on carotenoid and cholesterol concentrations in chicks, 62 (1996) 141

Performance of Single Comb White Leghorn fed a diet supplemented with a live microbial during the growth and egg laying phases, 57 (1996) 25 Nutritive value of raw and processed colocasia (Colocusi~ esculenlu) corm meal for poultry, 57 (1996) 335 The effects of protease and carbohydrase supplementation on the nutritive value of canola meal for poultry: In vitro and in vivo studies, 61 (19%) 219

296

Subject Index, Volumes 57-62

Chicken-laying hen The feeding value of Kenyan sorghum, sun-

flower seed cake and sesame seed cake for broilers and layers, 61 (19%) 41 Cholesterol Effect of graded levels of ethoxyquin in alfalfa leaf extracts on carotenoid and cholesterol concentrations in chicks, 62 (1996) 141 Chromic oxide

Comparison of n-alkanes and chromium oxide methods for estimating herbage intake by gmzing dairy cows, 61 (1996) 155 Citrus pulp

Copper Relative bioavailability of copper in a copperlysine complex or copper sulfate for ruminants as affected by feeding regimen, 57 (1996) 281 Trace mineral requirements of grazing cattle, 59 (1996) 61 cows Influence of deoxynivalenol on feed consumption by dairy cows, 60 (1996) 297 Crab Preservation of crab or shrimp waste as silage for cattle, 59 (1996) 233

Effects of dried citrus pulp on milk yield, milk composition and blood components of dairy cows, 60 (1996) 87

Crop residues Nutritive value of postharvest bean by-products (Pficrseolus vulgaris L.) for ruminants, 62 (1996) 271

Clover Influence of chemical, enzymatic and phytogenie ensiling preparations on digestibility, degradability and PDI and NEL content of luceme and red clover, 61 (1996) 325

Crude enzymes Use of enzymes to improve nutrient availability in poultry feedstuffs, 60 (1996) 321

Colocasia corm meal

Nutritive value of raw and processed colocasia (Cofocauiu esculentd corm meal for poultry, 57 (1996) 335 Colostomy

Effects of different sources of dietary tibre on growth performance and apparent digestibility in geese, 60 (1996) 93 Composition

Nutritive value of peas for nonruminant diets, 60 (1996) 209 Compound feeds Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy to predict energy value of compound feeds for swine and ruminants, 62 (1996) 77 Concentrate

feeds

Intestinal digestibility of rumen undegraded N of concentrates measured by the mobile nylon bag technique, 61 (1996) 305 Consumer

Crude protein Effect of P-glucanase supplementation of cereal-based diets for starter pigs on the apparent digestibilities of dry matter, crude protein and energy, 59 (1996) 223 Crustacean wastes Preservation of crab or shrimp waste as silage for cattle, 59 (19%) 233 Cultivar A comparison of ten rice-straw varieties grown at two different altitudes during a wet and a dry season, using the in vitro cumulative gas production technique, 57 (1996) 183 Dairy Considerations in the nutritional modification of milk composition, 59 (1996) 185 Practical approaches to feeding the high producing cow, 59 (19%) 199 Comparison of n-alkanes and chromium oxide methods for estimating herbage intake by grazing dairy cows, 61 (1996) 155

demand

Producing milk with 2.5% fat - the biology and health implications for dairy cows, 60 (1996) 161

Dairy calves and heifers Nutrition and management of replacement cattle, 59 (1996) 155

Subjecr Index. Volumes 57-62 Dairy cattle Is there an optimal cation-anion lactation diets?, 59 (1996) 3

difference

for

Nutritional management of the pregnant dairy cow (0 optimize health, lactation and rcproductive performance, 59 (19%) 13 Dairy cattle production Relationship between forage quality cattle production, 59 (19%) 5 1

and dairy

Dairy cows Effect of feeding yeast culture (Yea-sacc’026) on rumen fermentation in vitro and production performance in crossbred dairy cows, 57 (1996) 247 Diet, production 59 (1996) 173

and reproduction

in dairy cows,

Deer Effects of deer or cattle inoculum on estimating nubitive value of deer forages using in situ bag technique in the artificial rumen, 61 (1996) 343 A comparison of oak browse (Quercus spp.) and silages of rye and maize with respect to voluntary intake, digestibility, nitrogen balance and rumination time in penned Korean sika deer, 61 (1996) 351 Degradation The nutritive value and forage productivity Leucueru~ leucocephdu, 60 ( 1996) 29

for digestibility 183

297 and rate of passage,

61 (1996)

Replacement of starch by digestible tibre in feed for the growing rabbit. 2. Consequences for microbial activity in the caecum and on incidence of digestive disorders. 61 (1996) 193 Dietary levels Nutritive value of peas for nonruminant 60 (1996) 209

diets,

Dietary markers-intestinal tract Determination of titanium dioxide added as an inert marker in chicken digestibility studies, 59 (1996) 215 Dietary protein Dietary influence on protein level in milk and milk yield in dairy cows, 60 (1996) I81 Diet composition Precision in swine feeding programs: grated approach, 59 (1996) 137

An inte-

Digestibility Feeding value of tree leaves (hybrid poplar and black locust) evaluated with sheep, goats and rabbits. 57 (1996) 51 Effect of maturity stage and method of preservation on the yield and quality of forage sorghum, 57 (1996)63

of

Deoxynivalenol Influence of deoxynivalenol on feed consumption by dairy cows, 60 (1996) 297 Diet Considerations in the nutritional modification of milk composition. 59 (19%) 185 Effects of feeding Yuccu rchidigera extract in diets varying in crude protein and urea contents on growth performance and cecum and blood urea and ammonia concentrations of rabbits, 62 (1996) 121 Dietary tibre Replacement of starch by digestible tibre in the feed for the growing rabbit. 1. Consequences

Quality-related characteristics of forages as influenced by plant environment and agronomic factors. 59 (1996) 37 Effect of P-glucanase supplementation of cereal-based diets for starter pigs on the apparent digestibilities of dry matter, crude protein and energy, 59 (1996) 223 Effects of different processing procedures for rice bran on dietary nutrient digestion in each segment of the digestive tract of steers. 59 (19%) 265 A review of ratite nutrition. Influence of added microbial ergy and protein availability ingredients, 60 (1996) 3 11

60 (1996) 241 enzymes on enof selected feed

298

Subject Index.

Volumes 57-62

Prediction of in situ rumen dry matter disap pearance of Ethiopian forages from an in vitro gas production technique using a pressure transducer, chemical analyses or in vitro digestibility, 61 (1996) 73

Digestibility-purine Contribution of dietary purine bases to duodenal digesta in sheep. In situ studies of purine degradability corrected for microbial contamination, 62 (1996) 251

Replacement of starch by digestible ftbre in the feed for the growing rabbit. 1. Consequences for digestibility and rate of passage, 61 (1996) 183

Digestibility-soya bean Effects of duration of cooking of full-fat soya beans on proximate analysis, levels of antinutritional factors, and digestibility by weanling pigs, 62 (1996) 229

Lupins (L. lureus, L. ulbuu, L. angusrifolius) as a protein source for young pigs, 62 (19%) 239 DiiestibiIity-amino acids The effect of temperature during processing of rape seed meal on amino acid degradation in the rumen and digestion in the intestine, 58 (1996) 213 Digestibility-barley Effects of dietary level of barley hulls and tibre type on protein and energy digestibilities of Condor hulless barley in growing swine, 61 (1996) 173 Digestibility-by products Effects of forage level in broiler litter-based diets on feed intake, digestibility and particulate passage rate in Holstein steers at different live weights, 62 (1996) 163 Digestibility-carbohydrates Effect of changing the proportion, wheat: sorghum in dairy cow rations on carbohydrate digestibility and NAN flow to the intestine, 57 (1996) 75 Digestibility-distillery waste Digestibility and utilisation of diets composed of wet distillers’ solids or soyabean meal and supplemented with liquid lysine product for growing pigs, 57 (1996) 267 Digestibility-fibre Effects of different sources of dietary tibre on growth performance and apparent digestibility in geese, 60 (1996) 93 Digestibility-forages Degradability characteristics of dry matter and crude protein of forages in ruminants, 57 (19%) 291

Digestibility-straw Use of NIRS to estimate the improvement in digestibility after ammonia treatment of cereal straws, 57 (1996) 149 Digestible energy The digestible energy value of canola oil for growing pigs as measured by level of inclusion, 62(1996) 111 Digestion Establishing a feed value for moulded hay, 60 (1996) 301 Microbial strategies in the ruminal digestion of cereal grains, 62 (1996) 29 Direct-fed microbial Performance of Single Comb White Leghorn fed a diet supplemented with a live microbial during the growth and egg laying phases, 57 (1996) 25 Distillers byproducts The impact of feeding condensed distillers byproducts on rumen microbiology and metabolism, 61 (1996) 235 Distillers grains Distillers grains as an energy source and effect of drying on protein availability, 60 (1996) 201 Dried yeast Supplemental value of dried yeast in a high-fibre diet for broiler chicks, 62 ( 1996) 91 Dry matter disappearance Prediction of in situ rumen dry matter disap pearance of Ethiopian forages from an in vitro gas production technique using a pressure transducer, chemical analyses or in vitro digestibility, 61 (1996) 73

Subject Index. Volumes 57-62 Dry matter intake Practical approaches to feeding ducing cow, 59 (19%) 199

the high pro-

Effective degradability Intake. rumen fermentation characteristics, and feedstuff in situ digestion kinetics as influenced by fungal biomass in alfalfa hay fed to cattle, 61 (1996) 291 Emu A review of ratite nutrition,

60 (1996) 241

Endogenous fatty acids Determination of apparent and true dietary fatty acid digestibilities and metabolisable energy using ileal digesta and excreta from broiler chickens, 62 (1996) 131 Energy Nutritional management of the pregnant dairy cow to optimize health, lactation and reproductive performance, 59 (19%) 13 Effect of P-glucanase supplementation of cereal-based diets for starter pigs on the apparent digestibilities of dry matter, crude protein and energy, 59 (1996) 223 Dietary influence on protein level in milk and milk yield in dairy cows, 60 (19%) 181 Distillers grains as an energy source and effect of drying on protein availability, 60 (19%) 201 Influence of added microbial ergy and protein availability ingredients, 60 (19%) 3 11

enzymes on enof selected feed

Factors affecting the feeding for ruminants, 62 (19%) 37

quality

of barley

299

Energy value Methods of energy evaluation of feed ingredients for rabbits and their accuracy, 57 (19%) 211 Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy to prcdiet energy value of compound feeds for swine and ruminants, 62 (1996) 77 Ensilage Fermentation pattern and changes in cell wall constituents of straw-forage silages, straws and partners during storage, 61 (1996) 137 Environment Considerations in the nutritional modification of milk composition, 59 (1996) 185 Enzymatic solubility Use of enzymatic solubility with ticin (EC 3.4.22.3) to predict in situ feed protein degradability, 59 (1996) 245

Enzyme preparations The effect of pelleting mented barley-based

an enzyme-supplebroiler diet, 58 (1996) 283

Enzymes Influence of added microbial ergy and protein availability ingredients, 60 (1996) 3 11

enzymes on enof selected feed

The effects of protease and carbohydrase supplementation on the nutritive value of canola meal for poultry: In vitro and in vivo studies, 61 (19%) 219 Ethoxyquin Feeding of oxidized fats to broilers and swine: effects on enterocyte turnover, hepatocyte proliferation and the gut associated lymphoid tissue, 62 (1996) 1

Energy metabolism Utilization of different fats and oils by adult chickens as a source of energy, lipid and fatty acids, 61 (1996) 335

Effect of graded levels of ethoxyquin in alfalfa leaf extracts on carotenoid and cholesterol concentrations in chicks, 62 (1996) 141

Energy utilisation Digestibility and utilisation of diets composed of wet distillers’ solids or soyabean meal and supplemented with liquid lysine product for growing pigs, 57 (19%) 267

Excreta Determination of apparent and true dietary fatty acid digestibilities and metabolisable energy using ileal digesta and excreta from broiler chickens, 62 (1996) 131

300

Subject Index.

Extrusion Response of broiler chicks to dietary full-fat soybeans extruded at different temperatures prior to or after grinding, 57 (1996) 239

Volumes 57-62

Feed quality Assessment of energy levels in feedstuffs for poultry, 62 (1996) 15 Factors affecting the feeding quality of barley for ruminants, 62 (1996) 37

Fat Dietary influence on protein level in milk and milk yield in dairy cows, 60 (1996) 181 Utilization of different fats and oils by adult chickens as a source of energy, lipid and fatty acids, 61 (1996) 335 Fatty acid The fatty acid composition of milk fat as influenced by feeding oilseeds, 60 (1996) 137 Utilization of different fats and oils by adult chickens as a source of energy, lipid and fatty acids, 61 (1996) 335 Fatty acid digestibility Determination of apparent and true dietary fatty acid digestibilities and metabolisable energy using ileal digesta and excreta from broiler chickens, 62 (1996) 131

Feedstuffs from rapeseed processing Apparent digestibility of high-fat rapeseed press cake in growing pigs and effects on feed intake, growth and weight of thyroid and liver, 62 (19%) 97 Fermentability A comparison of ten rice-straw varieties grown at two different altitudes during a wet and a dry season, using the in vitro cumulative gas production technique, 57 (I 996) 183 Fermentation Fermentation

of soya-bean meal with Asimproves phosphorus availability in chicks, 60 (1996) 131

pergillus

usomi

Feather meal Hydrolyzed feather meal as a source of amino acids for finisher pigs, 57 (1996) 15

Fermentation kinetics Influence of mmen fluid and substrate concentration on fermentation kinetics measured with a fully automated time related gas production apparatus, 61 (1996) 113

Feed Influence of added microbial enzymes on energy and protein availability of selected feed ingredients, 60 ( 19%) 3 11

Fermentation pattern Fermentation pattern and changes in cell wall constituents of straw-forage silages, straws and partners during storage, 61 (1996) 137

Feed blocks Nutrient

Fetal nutrition Nutritional management of the pregnant dairy cow to optimize health, lactation and reproductive performance, 59 (19%) 13

utilization by Murrah buffaloes (Bubdus bubulis) from compressed complete feed blocks, 59 (1996) 255 Variability in individual animal’s intake of minerals offered free-choice to grazing ruminants, 62 (1996) 69

Feed conversion Supplemental value of dried yeast in a high-fibre diet for broiler chicks, 62 (I 996) 9 1 Feed formulation Precision in swine feeding programs: An integrated approach, 59 (I 996) 137 Feeding Nutrition and feeding of ostriches, 59 (1996) 27

Fibre Influence of niacin on in vitro ruminal fermentation and microbial synthesis depending on dietary factors, 58 (1996) 187 Effects of different sources of dietary fibre on growth performance and apparent digestibility in geese, 60 (1996) 93 Effects of dietary level of barley hulls and tibre type on protein and energy digestibilities of Condor hulless barley in growing swine, 61 (1996) 173

Nutrient digestibility and protein quality of oats differing

in chemical composition evaluated in

rats and by an in vitro technique, 62 (19%)

203

Formaldehyde

treatment

Effect of heat or formaldehyde treatment on the rumen degradability ent digestibility

Ficin

and intestinal tract appar

of protein in soya-bean

meal

and in rapeseed meals of different glucosinolate

Use

of enzymatic

3.4.22.3)

solubility

with

ticin

(EC

content, 57 ( 1996) 257

to predict in situ feed protein degrad-

ability, 59 (1996)

245

Free-choice Feeding minerals to cattle on pasture, 60

Fish feeds

(I 9%)

247

Alternate

protein sources for salmon and trout

diets, 59 (1996)

71

Fungal

biomass

Establishing a feed value for moulded hay, 60 Fish meal

(1996)

Variation

301

in menhaden fish meal characteristics

and their effects on ruminal protein degradation as assessed by various techniques, 60 (1996)

13

Intake. mmen fermentation

characteristics,

and

feedstuff in situ digestion kinetics as influenced by fungal biomass in alfalfa hay fed to cattle,

Fish nutrition Alternate

61 (1996)

291

protein sources for salmon and trout

diets, 59 (1996)

71

Fungi Colonization

Fodder

(Cyurhus

Effect litter

of ensiling

sudax

and Curt&lo

fodder

with broiler

yeast on the changes

different fiber fractions. 57 (1996)

in

325

Forage Need for escape protein by grazing cattle, 60 (1996)

191

Prediction

of in situ mmen dry matter disap-

pearance of Ethiopian forages from an in vitro gas production technique using a pressure transducer, chemical analyses or in vitro digestibility, 61 (19%) Forage

73

mentation

pattern,

fiber utilization (1996)

Effect

nitrogen

fungi

on ruminal

fer-

metabolism,

and

during continuous culture, 61

1

Microbial

strategies in the tuminal digestion of

cereal grains, 62 (1996)

29

Gas production A comparison of ten rice-straw varieties grown at two different altitudes during a wet and a dry season, using the in vitro cumulative duction technique, 57 (1996) Prediction

Brassica

of rice straw by white-rot

stercorrus):

gas pro-

183

of the in vitro gas production

and

Seasonal variation in protein, mineral and glu-

chemical composition of kikuyu grass by near-

cosinolate composition of Portuguese cabbages

infrared reflectance spectroscopy, 60 (1996)

51

and kale, 57 ( 1996) I 11 Prediction Forage quality Quality-related

characteristics of forages as in-

fluenced by plant environment

and agronomic

gas production technique using a pressure transducer, chemical analyses or in vitro digestibility, 61 (1996)

factors, 59 ( 1996) 37 Relationship

of in situ rumen dry matter disap-

pearance of Ethiopian forages from an in vitro

between forage quality and dairy

73

Influence of rumen fluid and substrate concentration on fermentation

cattle production, 59 ( 1996) 5 1

kinetics measured with

a fully automated time related gas production apparatus, 61 (1996)

Forage sorghum Effect

of maturity

ervation

113

stage and method of pres-

on the yield

sorghum, 57 t 1996) 63

and quality

of forage

Gastrointestinal

anatomy

Nutrition and feeding of ostriches. 59 t 1996) 27

Subject Index, Volumes 57-62

302

Gastrointestinal tract Sites of phytase activity in the gastrointestinal tract of young pigs, 61 (19%) 361 B-Glucanase Effect of P-glucanase supplementation of cereal-based diets for starter pigs on the apparent digestibilities of dry matter, Crude protein and energy, 59 (19%) 223 Glucosinolate Seasonal variation in protein, mineral and glucosinolate composition of Portuguese cabbages and kale, 57 (1996) 111 Replacing soya bean meal with heat-treated, low-glucosinolate rapeseed meal does not affect the performance of growing-finishing pigs, 60 (1996) 1 Apparent digestibility of high-fat rapeseed press cake in growing pigs and effects on feed intake, growth and weight of thyroid and liver, 62 (1996) 97 Goat

Feeding value of tree leaves (hybrid poplar and black locust) evaluated with sheep, goats and rabbits, 57 (1996) 51 Digestibility and ruminal digestion of nonnitrogenous compounds in adult sheep and goats: Effects of chestnut tannins, 61 (1996) 259 Goose Effects of different sources of dietary tibre on growth performance and apparent digestibility in geese, 60 (1996) 93 Grain

Factors affecting the feeding quality of barley for ruminants, 62 (1996) 37 Grass hay

Grazing animals Variability in individual animal’s intake of minerals offered free-choice to grazing ruminants, 62 (1996) 69 Grinding

Feed manufacturing technology: current issues and challenges, 62 (1996) 49 Groundnut meal Effect of treating with propionic acid, sodium bisulfite and sodium hydroxide on the biosynthesis of aflatoxin on groundnut cake, 60 ( 1996) 43 Growing lambs The response of sheep to big bale grass silage

ensiled with, or supplemented separately with, molassed sugar beet feed. 59 (19%) 279 Growing pigs The digestible energy value of canola oil for growing pigs as measured by level of inclusion, 6209%) 111 Growing steers Response of growing steers to diets containing big bale silage and supplements of molassed sugar beet pulp with and without white fish meal, 62 (1996) 151 Growth

Nutrition and management of replacement cattle, 59 (1996) 155 Sesbania and lablab supplementation of oat hay basal diet fed to sheep with or without maize grain, 61 (1996) 275 Supplemental value of dried yeast in a high-fibre diet for broiler chicks, 62 (1996) 91 Effect of graded levels of ethoxyquin in alfalfa leaf extracts on carotenoid and cholesterol concentrations in chicks, 62 (19%) 141 Growth performance

Degradability characteristics of dry matter and crude protein of forages in ruminants, 57 ( 1996) 291

Hydrolyzed feather meal as a source of ammo acids for fmisher pigs, 57 (1996) 15

Grazing Need for escape protein by grazing cattle, 60 (1996) 191

Effect of maturity stage and method of preservation on the yield and quality of forage sorghum, 57 ( 1996) 63

Subject In&x, Volumes 57-62 Establishing (19%) 301

a feed value for moulded

hay, 60

Health Importance of antioxidant vitamins in immunity and health in animals, 59 (1996) 103 Producing milk with 2.5% fat - the biology and health implications for dairy cows, 60 (1996) 161 Heat processing Chemical and protein quality parameters of heat processed sunflower oilcake for dairy cattle, 58 (1996) 249 High-fibre diet Supplemental value of dried yeast in a high-fibre diet for broiler chicks, 62 (19%) 91 High grain diet Lasting effects of monensin on rumen and caecal fermentation in sheep fed a high grain diet, 62 (1996) 215 Real digesta Determination of apparent and true dietary fatty acid digestibilities and metabolisable energy using ileal digesta and excreta from broiler chickens, 62 (1996) 131 Real digestibility Thermal processing of whole soya beans: Studies on the inactivation of antinutritional factors and effects on ileal digestibility in piglets, 57 (19%) 313 Digestibility and availability of protein and phosphorus in ‘pigs fed wet barley protein and wet distillers solids from integrated starchethanol production, 58 (19%) 201 Determination of titanium dioxide added as an inert marker in chicken digestibility studies, 59 (1996) 215 Immunity Importance of antioxidant vitamins in immunity and health in animals, 59 (1996) 103 Ingredients Methods of energy evaluation of feed ingredients for rabbits and their accuracy, 57 (1996) 211

303

Intake Influence of deoxynivalenol on feed consumption by dairy cows, 60 (1996) 297 Establishing (1996) 301

a feed value for moulded

hay, 60

Comparison of n-alkanes and chromium oxide methods for estimating herbage intake by grazing dairy cows, 6 I (I 996) 155 Intake, ntmen fermentation characteristics, and feedstuff in situ digestion kinetics as influenced by ftmgal biomass in alfalfa hay fed to cattle, 61 (1996) 291 Effects diets on passage weights,

of forage level in broiler litter-based feed intake, digestibility and particulate rate in Holstein steers at different live 62 (1996) 163

Intestinal digestibility of N Intestinal digestibility of rumen undegraded N of concentrates measured by the mobile nylon bag technique, 61 (1996) 305 In vitro degradation Nutritive value of postharvest bean by-products (Phuseolus uulpwis L.) for ruminants, 62 (1996) 271 Lablab Sesbania and lablab supplementation of oat hay basal diet fed to sheep with or without maize grain, 61 (1996) 275 Lactate The impact of feeding condensed distillers byproducts on rumen microbiology and metabolism, 61 (19%) 235 Lactating dairy cows Rumen-protected amino acids for dairy cattle: Progress towards determining lysine and methionine requirements, 59 (1996) 87 Balancing the amino cow, 60 (1996) 153

acid needs of the dairy

Lactation diet Is there an optimal cation-anion lactation diets?, 59 (1996) 3

difference

for

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304

Lactobacilli Performance of Single Comb White Leghorn fed a diet supplemented with a live microbial during the growth and egg laying phases, 57 (1996) 2.5 Evaluation of diet containing Lactobacilli on performance, Fecal Coliform, and Lactobacilli of young dairy calves, 57 (1996) 39 Nutrient retention and production parameters of Single Comb White Leghorn layers fed diets with varying crude protein levels and supplemented with direct-fed microbials, 61 (1996) 17 Lamb The effect of sodium hydroxide and alkaline hydrogen peroxide on chemical composition of wheat straw and voluntary intake, growth and digesta kinetics in store lambs, 60 (1996) 69 Laying hen Nutrient retention and production parameters of Single Comb White Leghorn layers fed diets with varying crude protein levels and supplemented with direct-fed microbials, 61 (1996) 17 Leucaena The nutritive

Lupins Use of enzymes to improve nutrient availability in poultry feedstuffs, 60 (1996) 321 Lupin seed meal Lupins (L. luteus, L. albus, L. angustifolius) as a protein source for young pigs, 62 (1996) 239 Lysine Digestibility and utilisation of diets composed of wet distillers’ solids or soyabean meal and supplemented with liquid lysine product for growing pigs, 57 (1996) 267 Rumen protected amino acids for dairy cattle: what is the future?, 59 (1996) 81 Rumen-protected amino acids for dairy cattle: Progress towards determining lysine and methionine requirements, 59 (1996) 87 Replacing soya low-glucosinolate the performance (1996) 1

bean meal with heal-treated, rapeseed meal does not affect of growing-finishing pigs, 60

of

Effective mmen degradability and intestinal digestibility of individual amino acids in different concentrates determined in situ, 62 (1996) 179

Limiting amino acids Rumen-protected amino acids for dairy cattle: Progress towards determining lysine and methionine requirements, 59 (1996) 87

Maize Microbial degradation of the apical internode of Co125 and W401 maize in the rumen, 58 (1996) 165

Leucaena

value and forage

leucocephala,

productivity

60 ( 1996) 29

Lipid oxidation Supplemental vitamin E in beef cattle diets to improve shelf-life of beef, 59 (1996) 207 Location Differences in the nutritive value of two rice straw varieties as influenced by season and location, 61 (19%) 247 Lucerne Fermentation pattern and changes in cell wall constituents of straw-forage silages, straws and partners during storage. 61 (1996) 137 Influence of chemical, enzymatic and phytogenie ensiling preparations on digestibility. degradability and PDI and NEL content of luceme and red clover, 61 (19%) 325

Maize grain Sesbania and lablab supplementation of oat hay basal diet fed to sheep with or without maize grain, 61 (1996) 275 Management Nutrition and management tle, 59 (1996) 155

of replacement

Manganese Trace mineral requirements (1996) 61

of grazing cattle, 59

cat-

Maturity stage Effect of maturity stage and method of preservation on the yield and quality of forage sorghum, 57 (1996) 63

Subject In&x, Volumes 57-62 Quality-related characteristics of forages as influenced by plant environment and agronomic factors, 59 (I 9%) 37

Microbial enzymes Cereal grain starch and exogenous poultry diets, 62 (19%) 21

305

enzymes

in

the high pro-

Microbial synthesis Influence of niacin on in vitro ruminal fermentation and microbial synthesis depending on dietary factors, 58 (1996) 187

Metabolisable energy Determination of apparent and true dietary fatty acid digestibilities and metabolisable energy using ileal digesta and excreta from broiler chickens, 62 (1996) 131

Effects of different processing procedures for rice bran on dietary nutrient digestion in each segment of the digestive tract of steers, 59 (1996) 265

Metabolic disorders Practical approaches to feeding ducing cow, 59 (19%) 199

Methionine Rumen protected amino acids for dairy cattle: what is the future?, 59 (1996) 8 1 Rumen-protected ammo acids for dairy cattle: Progress towards determining lysine and methionine requirements, 59 (1996) 87 The effect of substituting Kenyan Serena sorghum for maize in broiler starter diets with different dietary crude protein and methionine levels, 61 (19%) 27 The feeding value for broiler chickens of pea chips derived from milled peas (P isum sutiuum L.) during air classification into starch fractions, 61 (1996) 205 Effective ntmen degradability and intestinal digestibility of individual amino acids in different concentrates determined in situ, 62 (1996) 179 Methodology Methods of energy evaluation of feed ingredients for rabbits and their accuracy, 57 (1996) 211 Microbial activity Validation of in sacco method: influence of sampling site, nylon bag or rumen contents, on fibrolytic activity of solid-associated microorganisms, 57 (1996) 203 Microbial contamination Contribution of dietary purine bases to duodenal digesta in sheep. In situ studies of purine degradability corrected for microbial contamination. 62 (19%) 25 1

Microbial treatment Nutrient retention and production parameters of Single Comb White Leghorn layers fed diets with varying crude protein levels and supplemented with direct,fed microbials, 61 (1996) 17 Microbiology The impact of feeding condensed distillers byproducts on rumen microbiology and metabolism, 61 (19%) 235 Microscopy Microbial degradation of the apical internode of Co125 and W401 maize in the rumen, 58 (19%) 165 Milk Effects of wet brewers grains on milk yield, milk composition and blood components of dairy cows in hot weather, 57 (1996) 175 Effects of dried citrus pulp on milk yield, milk composition and blood components of dairy cows, 60 (1996) 87 The fatty acid composition of milk fat as influenced by feeding oilseeds, 60 (1996) 137 Milk composition Considerations in the nutritional modification of milk composition, 59 (1996) 185 Milk fat Producing milk with 2.5% fat - the biology and health implications for dairy cows, 60 (1996) 161 Milk protein Dietary influence on protein level in milk and milk yield in dairy cows, 60 (1996) 181

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306

Minerals Seasonal variation in protein, mineral and glucosinolate composition of Portuguese cabbages and kale, 57 (1996) 1II

Monensin Lasting effects of monensin on rumen and caecal fermentation in sheep fed a high grain diet, 62 (19%) 215

Feeding minerals to cattle on pasture, 60 (1996) 247

Montmorillonite In vitro aflatoxin adsorption by means of a montmorillonite silicate. A study of adsorption isotherms, 62 (1996) 263

Variability in individual animal’s intake of minerals offered free-choice to grazing ruminants, 62 (1996) 69 Mixing Feed manufacturing technology: current issues and challenges, 62 (19%) 49 Mobile bag Effective rumen degradability and intestinal digestibility of individual ammo acids in different concentrates determined in situ, 62 (1996) 179

Mould Establishing a feed value for moulded hay, 60 (19%) 301 Naked oats Naked oats (Auena nudd as a substitute for maize in diets for weanling and grower-finisher pigs, 57 (1996) 139 Natural diet Nutrition and feeding of ostriches, 59 (19%) 27

Mobile nylon bags Intestinal digestibility of rumen undegraded N of concentrates measured by the mobile nylon bag technique, 61 (19%) 305

Near-infrared analysis Prediction of the in vitro gas production and chemical composition of kikuyu grass by nearinfrared reflectance spectroscopy, 60 (19%) 51

Molassed sugar beet pulp The response of sheep to big bale grass silage ensiled with, or supplemented separately with, molassed sugar beet feed, 59 (1996) 279

Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy Use of NIRS to estimate the improvement in digestibility after ammonia treatment of cereal straws, 57 (1996) 149

Response of growing steers to diets containing big bale silage and supplements of molassed sugar beet pulp with and without white fish meal, 62 (1996) 151

Near IR-reflectance spectroscopy Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy to predict energy value of compound feeds for swine and ruminants, 62 (1996) 77

Molasses Preservation of crab or shrimp waste as silage for cattle, 59 (1996) 233

Niacin Influence of niacin on in vitro ruminal fermentation and microbial synthesis depending on dietary factors, 58 (1996) 187

Mold Intake, rumen fermentation characteristics, and feedstuff in situ digestion kinetics as influenced by fungal biomass in alfalfa hay fed to cattle, 61 (1996) 291

Mold inhibitors Effect of treating with propionic acid, sodium bisultite and sodium hydroxide on the biosynthesis of aflatoxin on groundnut cake, 60 ( 19%) 43

Dietary influence on protein level in milk and milk yield in dairy cows, 60 (1996) 181 Nitrogen Amino acid metabolism in ruminants, 59 (1996) 167 Effective rumen degradability and intestinal digestibility of individual amino acids in different concentrates determined in situ, 62 (1996) 179

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Nitrogen balance Digestibility and availability of protein and phosphorus in pigs fed wet barley protein and wet distillers solids from integrated starchethanol production, 58 (1996) 201 Nutrient requirements Nutrition and feeding of ostriches, 59 (1996) 27 Precision in swine feeding programs: An integrated approach, 59 (19%) 137 A review of ratite nutrition, 60 (1996) 241 Nutrient retention Performance of Single Comb White Leghorn fed a diet supplemented with a live microbial during the growth and egg laying phases, 57 (1996) 2.5 Cereal grain starch and exogenous enzymes in poultry diets, 62 (1996) 21 Supplemental value of dried yeast in a high-fibre diet for broiler chicks, 62 (19%) 91 Nutrient uniformity Feed manufacturing technology: current issues and challenges, 62 (I SW) 49 Nutrition Naked oats ( Auena nudd as a substitute for maize in diets for weanling and grower-finisher pigs, 57 (1996) 139 Nutrition and management of replacement cattle, 59 (1996) 155 Considerations in the nutritional modification of milk composition, 59 (I 9%) I85 Producing milk with 2.5% fat - the biology and health implications for dairy cows, 60 (19%) 161

307

Effects of deer or cattle inoculum on estimating nutritive value of deer forages using in situ bag technique in the artificial mmen, 61 (19%) 343 Nutritive value-barley A comparison of methods for measuring the nutritive value for pigs of a range of hulled and hulless barley cultivars. 62 (1996) 189 Nutritive value-broiler litter Nutritive value of deep stacked and ensiled broiler litter for sheep, 57 (1996) 165 Nutritive value-colocasia corm meal Nutritive value of raw and processed colocasia (Colocusia esculentu) coRn meal for poultry, 57 (I 996) 335 Nutritive value-leucaena The nutritive value and forage productivity of Leucuena leucocephulu, 60 ( 1996) 29 Nutritive value-straw-plant juice Evaluation of grass straw:com juice silage as a ruminant feedstuff: digestibility, straw ammoniation and supplementation with by-pass protein, 57 (1996) 1 Nylon bag Validation of in sacco method: influence of sampling site, nylon bag or rumen contents, on fibrolytic activity of solid-associated microorganisms, 57 (I 996) 203 Effective rumen degradability and intestinal digestibility of individual amino acids in different concentrates determined in situ. 62 (1996) 179 Nylon bag techniques Effects of deer or cattle inoculum on estimating nutritive value of deer forages using in situ bag technique in the artificial rumen, 61 (1996) 343

Optimizing the protein nutrition of growingfinishing pigs, 60 ( 1996) 33 I

Oak leaves A comparison of oak browse (Quercus spp.) and silages of rye and maize with respect to voluntary intake, digestibility, nitrogen balance and rumination time in penned Korean sika deer, 61 (1996) 351

Nutritive value Differences in the nutritive value of two rice straw varieties as influenced by season and location, 61 (1996) 247

Oat hay Sesbania and lablab supplementation of oat hay basal diet fed to sheep with or without maize grain, 61 (1996) 275

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308

Oil Influence of niacin on in vitro ruminal fermentation and microbial synthesis depending on dietary factors, 58 (1996) 187 Oikeed meals

Variation in feed ingredient quality: oilseed meals, 59 (19%) 129 Oilseeds The fatty acid composition of milk fat as influ-

enced by feeding oilseeds. 60 (1996) 137 Ostrich Nutrition and feeding of ostriches, 59 (1996) 27 A review of ratite nutrition, 60 (1996) 241 Palatability Establishing a feed value for moulded hay, 60 (1996) 301 Palm kernel meal Growth rate and carcass characteristics of pigs fed on diets containing palm kernel cake, 61 (1996) 167 Particle size Development and application of a selection criterion for particle size breakdown of smooth bromegrass leaves, 61 (1996) 57 Pasture Feeding minerals to cattle on pasture, 60 ( 1996) 247 Comparison of n-alkanes and chromium oxide methods for estimating herbage intake by grazing dairy cows, 61 (1996) 155 Pathogenic bacteria Supplemental vitamin E in beef cattle diets to improve shelf-life of beef, 59 (1996) 207 Pea chips The feeding value for broiler chickens of pea chips derived from milled peas (Pisum surioum L.) during air classification into starch fractions, 61 (19%) 205 Peas Nutritive value of peas for nonruminant diets, 60 (1996) 209

Pelleting Physical quality of pelleted animal feed. I. Criteria for pellet quality, 61 (19%) 89 Feed manufacturing technology: current issues and challenges, 62 (1996) 49 Pellet quality Physical quality of pelleted animal feed. 1. Criteria for pellet quality, 61 (1996) 89 Penn&turn clandestinum Prediction of the in vitro gas production and chemical composition of kikuyu grass by nearinfrared reflectance spectroscopy, 60 (1996) 51 Performance A review of ratite nutrition, 60 (1996) 241 Use of enzymes to improve nutrient availability in poultry feedstuffs, 60 (1996) 321 Peroxidation Recent developments in vitamin E nutrition of turkeys, 60 (1996) 229 Phosphorus Fermentation

of soya-bean meal with Asimproves phosphorus availability in chicks, 60 (1996) 131

pergillus

usumi

Phosphorus balance Digestibility and availability of protein and phosphorus in pigs fed wet barley protein and wet distillers solids from btegrated starchethanol production, 58 (1996)$201 Phytase Sites of phytase activity in the gastrointestinal tract of young pigs, 61 (1996) 361 Phytate Fermentation

of soya-bean meal with Asimproves phosphorus availability in chicks, 60 (1996) 131

pergillus

usumi

Hydrolyzed feather meal as a source of amino acids for finisher pigs, 57 (1996) 15 Optimizing the protein nutrition of growingfinishing pigs, 60 (1996) 33 1 Sites of phytase activity in the gastrointestinal tract of young pigs, 61 (1996) 361

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309

Apparent digestibility of high-fat rapeseed press cake in growing pigs and effects on feed intake, growth and weight of thyroid and liver, 62 (1996) 97

Pigs-weaner Naked oats (Awna nuda) as a substitute for maize in diets for weanling and grower-finisher pigs, 57 (1996) 139

A comparison of methods for measuring the nutritive value for pigs of a range of hulled and hulless barley cultivars, 62 (1996) 189

Effects of duration of cooking of full-fat soya beans on proximate analysis, levels of antinutritional factors, and digestibility by weanling pigs, 62 (1996) 229

Pig-finishing Growth rate and carcass characteristics of pigs fed on diets containing palm kernel cake, 61 (1996) 167 Pig-grower Naked oats ( Aueno nudu) as a substitute for maize in diets for weanling and grower-finisher pigs, 57 (1996) 139 Pig-growing Digestibility and utilisation of diets composed of wet distillers’ solids or soyabean meal and supplemented with liquid lysine product for growing pigs, 57 (1996) 267 Replacing soya bean meal with heat-treated, low-glucosinolate rapeseed meal does not affect the performance of growing-finishing pigs. 60 (1996) 1 Growth rate and carcass characteristics of pigs fed on diets containing palm kernel cake, 61 (1996) 167 Effects of dietary level of barley hulls and fibre of type on protein and energy digestibilities Condor hulless barley in growing swine, 61 (1996) 173 Piglets Thermal processing of whole soya beans: Studies on the inactivation of antinutritional factors and effects on ileal digestibility in piglets, 57 (1996) 313 Lupins (L. luteus, L. albus, L. angustifolius) as a protein source for young pigs, 62 (19%) 239 Pig--starter Effect of P-glucanase supplementation of cereal-based diets for starter pigs on the apparent digestibilities of dry matter, crude protein and energy, 59 ( 1996) 223

Plant environment Quality-related characteristics of forages as influenced by plant environment and agronomic factors, 59 (1996) 37 Poultry Digestible 59 (1996)

amino 147

acids for poultry

and swine,

Nutritive value of peas for nonruminant 60 ( 1996) 209

diets,

Use of enzymes to improve nutrient availability in poultry feedstuffs, 60 (1996) 32 1 Poultry chicken Determination of titanium dioxide added as an inert marker in chicken digestibility studies, 59 (1996) 215 Poultry droppings Evaluation of rice straw - poultry droppings based rations supplemented with graded levels of rice bran in fistulated buffaloes, 58 (1996) 227 Prepartum nutrition Nutritional management of the pregnant dairy cow to optimize health, lactation and reproductive performance, 59 (19%) 13 Probiotic Performance of Single Comb White Leghorn fed a diet supplemented with a live microbial during the growth and egg laying phases, 57 ( 1996) 25 Production Diet, production 59 (1996) 173

and reproduction

in dairy cows,

Protease Study of the use of a protease Soest procedure, 61 (1996) 129

with the van

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310

Protein The effect of temperature

Protein-general

during processing rape seed meal on amino acid degradation the rumen and digestion in the intestine, (1996) 213

of in 58

Seasonal variation in protein, mineral and glucosinolate composition of Portuguese cabbages and kale, 57 (1996) I1 1

Protein-ruminants,

general

Nutritional management of the pregnant dairy cow to optimize health, lactation and reproductive performance, 59 (19%) 13

Effect of heat or formaldehyde treatment on the ntmen degradability and intestinal tract apparent digestibility of protein in soya-bean meal and in rapeseed meals of different glucosinolate

Quality-related characteristics of forages as influenced by plant environment and agronomic factors, 59 (19%) 37

content,

The nutritive value and forage productivity Leucuena leucocephalu, 60 ( 1996) 29

of

Need for escape

60

(1996)

protein

by grazing

cattle,

191

Distillers grains as an energy source and effect of drying on protein availability, 60 (19%) 201 Optimizing the protein nutrition finishing pigs, 60 (1996) 331

of growing-

Nutrient retention and production parameters of Single Comb White Leghorn layers fed diets with varying crude protein levels and supplemented with direct-fed microbials, 61 (1996) 17

57 (1996) 257

Protein utilisation Digestibility and utilisation of diets composed of wet distillers’ solids or soyabean meal and supplemented with liquid lysine product for growing pigs, 57 (1996) 267 Lupins (L. luteus, L. u/bus, L. ungustifolius) as a protein source for young pigs, 62 (1996) 239

Protozoa Microbial strategies in the ruminal digestion cereal grains, 62 ( 1996) 29

of

Purine Contribution of dietary purine bases to duodenal digesta in sheep. In situ studies of purine degradability corrected for microbial contamination, 62 (1996) 251

Quality control The effect of substituting Kenyan Serena sorghum for maize in broiler starter diets with different dietary crude protein and methionine levels, 61 (19%) 27 Effective rumen degradability and intestinal digestibility of individual amino acids in different concentrates determined in situ, 62 (1996) 179

Protein degradation Effects of ardacin supplementation on rumen fermentation and protein degradability in steers, 57 (1996) 97 Use of enzymatic solubility with ficin (EC 3.4.22.3) to predict in situ feed protein degradability, 59 (I 996) 245 Variation in menhaden fish meal characteristics and their effects on ruminal protein degradation as assessed by various techniques, 60 f 1996) 13

Variation in feed ingredient meals. 59 (1996) 129

quality:

oilseed

Rabbit Feeding value of tree leaves (hybrid poplar and black locust) evaluated with sheep, goats and rabbits, 57 (1996) 51 Methods of energy evaluation of feed ingredients for rabbits and their accuracy, 57 (1996) 211 Replacement of starch by digestible tibre in the feed for the growing rabbit. 1. Consequences for digestibility and rate of passage, 61 (1996) 183 Replacement of starch by digestible tibre in feed for the growing rabbit. 2. Consequences for microbial activity in the caecum and on incidence of digestive disorders, 61 (19%) 193

Subject Effects of feeding Yucca schidigem

Index.

extract

in

Volumr.s

57-62

311

Rice bran

diets varying in crude protein and urea contents

Evaluation

on growth performance

based rations supplemented with graded levels

and cecum and blood

of rice straw -

poultry droppings

urea and ammonia concentrations of rabbits, 62

of rice bran in listulated buffaloes,

(1996)

227

Rapeseed

121 meal

Effects of different

Effect of beat or formaldehyde rumen degradability ent digestibility

treatment on the

and intestinal tract appar-

of protein in soya-bean

meal

58 (1996)

processing procedures

for

rice bran on dietary nutrient digestion in each segment of the digestive

tract of steers, 59

t I9961 265

and in rapeseed meals of different glucosinolate content, 57 (1996)

257

Rice straw A comparison of ten rice-straw varieties grown

The effect of temperature during processing of rape seed meal on amino acid degradation the rumen and digestion (1996)

in the intestine,

in 58

at two different altitudes during a wet and a dry season, using the in vitro cumulative 183

Evaluation

poultry droppings

213

Replacing

soya bean meal

low-glucosinolate the performance

with heat-treated,

rapeseed meal does not affect of growing-finishing

pigs, 60

of rice straw -

based rations supplemented with graded levels of rice bran in tistulated buffaloes,

Colonization (Cyothus

press cake

Apparent digestibility of high-fat rapeseed press

of rice straw by white-rot

.strrcoreus):

mentation

pattern,

cake in growing pigs and effects on feed intake,

fiber utilization

growth

(1996)

(1996)

58 (1996)

227

I

(1996)

Rapeseed

gas pro-

duction technique, 57 (I 996)

and weight

of thyroid

and liver,

62

Effect nitrogen

fungi

on ruminal

fer-

metabolism,

and

during continuous culture, 61

I

97

Rumen Rat

Validation A comparison

of methods for measuring

the

of in sacco method:

nutritive value for pigs of a range of hulled and

fibrolytic

hulless barley cultivars, 62 (1996)

ganisms, 57 (I 996) 203

I89

activity of solid-associated

Nutrient digestibility and protein quality of oats

Microbial

differing

cereal grains, 62 (1996)

in chemical composition evaluated in

rats and by an in vitro technique, 62 (19%)

influence

of

sampling site, nylon bag or rumen contents, on microor-

strategies in the ruminal digestion of 29

203

Rumen bypass Rate of passage

Amino acid metabolism in ruminants, 59 (I 996)

Replacement of starch by digestible tibre in the feed for the growing

rabbit.

167

I. Consequences

for digestibility and rate of passage, 6

I ( 1996)

183

Rumen

degradation

Microbial degradation of the apical internode of Co1 2.5 and W4Ol maize in the rumen, 58

Reproduction

(I 9%)

165

Diet, production and reproduction in dairy cows, 59(1996)

Nutritive value of postharvest bean by-products

173

(Phuseolus (19%)

Requirement

uul,quris

L.)

for

ruminants,

62

271

Vitamin E supplementation for the ruminant, 60 (1996)

Rumen fermentation

273

Effects

Rhea A review of ratite nutrition, 60 (19%)

of ardacin supplementation

fermentation and protein degradability 241

57 (1996)

97

on rumen in steers,

312

SubjectIndex, Volumes 57-62

Effect of feeding yeast culture (Yea-sacc’026) on rumen fermentation in vitro and production performance in crossbred dairy cows, 57 ( 1996) 247 Influence of niacin on in vitro ruminal fermentation and microbial synthesis depending on dietary factors, 58 (19%) 187 Effects of the nature of roughage and concentrate and their proportion on mminal characteristics of non lactating goats, consequences on digestive interactions, 58 (1996) 267 The impact of feeding condensed distillers byproducts on rumen microbiology and metabolism, 61 (19%) 235 Lasting effects of monensin on rumen and caecal fermentation in sheep fed a high grain diet, 62 (19%) 215 Rumen protected amino acids Rumen protected ammo acids for dairy cattle: what is the future?, 59 (1996) 81 Amino acid metabolism in ruminants, 59 ( 1996) 167 Ruminal degradation Relationship between forage quality and dairy cattle production, 59 ( 1996) 5 1 Ruminant intestinal digestibility of rumen undegraded N of concentrates measured by the mobile nylon bag technique, 61 (1996) 305 Factors affecting the feeding quality of barley for ruminants, 62 (1996) 37 Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy to predict energy value of compound feeds for swine and ruminants, 62 (1996) 77 Rye Use of enzymes to improve nutrient availability in poultry feedstuffs, 60 (19%) 321 Salt Preservation of crab or shrimp waste as silage for cattle, 59 (19%) 233

Santoquin Feeding of oxidized fats to broilers and swine: effects on enterocyte turnover, hepatocyte proliferation and the gut associated lymphoid tissue, 62 (1996) 1 Season A comparison of ten rice-straw varieties grown at two different altitudes during a wet and a dry season, using the in vitro cumulative gas production technique, 57 (1996) 183 Differences in the nutritive value of two rice straw varieties as influenced by season and location, 61 (1996) 247 Selenium Trace mineral requirements of grazing cattle, 59 (19%) 61 Vitamin E supplementation for the ruminant, 60 (1996) 273 Sesame The feeding value of Kenyan sorghum, sunflower seed cake and sesame seed cake for broilers and layers, 61 (1996) 41 Se&atria Sesbania and lablab supplementation of oat hay basal diet fed to sheep with or without maize grain, 61 (1996) 275 Shearing force A shearing technique measuring resistance properties of plant stems, 57 (1996) 225 Shearing technique A shearing technique measuring resistance properties of plant stems, 57 (1996) 225 Sheep Feeding value of tree leaves (hybrid poplar and black locust) evaluated with sheep, goats and rabbits, 57 (1996) 51 Nutritive value of deep stacked and ensiled broiler litter for sheep, 57 (1996) 165 The effect of sodium hydroxide and alkaline hydrogen peroxide on chemical composition of wheat straw and voluntary intake, growth and digesta kinetics in store lambs, 60 (1996) 69

Subjecr Index. Volumes 57-62 Digestibility nitrogenous

and

ruminal

compounds

goats: Effects

digestion in

adult

of

non-

sheep

and

313

and near-infrared (1996)

reflectance

spectroscopy,

60

103

of chestnut tannins, 61 (1996)

259

Silage-

ryegrass strnw:corn

Evaluation

juice

of annual ryegrass straw:com juice

Lasting effects of monensin on rumen and cae-

silage with cattle and water buffalo: digestibil-

cal fermentation

ity in cattle vs. buffalo,

62 (1996)

in sheep fed a high grain diet,

215

and growth

of Holstein heifers, 57 (1996) Contribution

195

of dietary purine bases to duode-

nal digesta in sheep. In situ studies of purine degradability

perfor-

mance and subsequent lactational performance

corrected for microbial

nation, 62 ( 19%) 25

contami-

1

Silage-

straw:corn

juice

Evaluation of grass straw:com juice silage as a ruminant feedstuff: digestibility, straw ammoniation and supplementation with by-pass protein,

Sheep-lamb

I

57 (1996)

Relative bioavailability

of copper in a coppe-

lysine complex or copper sulfate for ruminants as affected by feeding regimen, 57 (1996)

281

Silage-sudax Effect

fodder

of ensiling

sudax fodder

with broiler

litter and Ccmrlidu yeast on the changes Shrimp

different fiber fractions, 57 (1996)

in

325

Preservation of crab or shrimp waste as silage for cattle, 59

(I 9%)

233

Sodium hydrogen treatment The effect of sodium hydroxide

Silage Effect

of maturity

ervation

stage and method of pres-

on the yield

and quality

of forage

sorghum, 57 ( 1996) 63

A comparison of oak browse (Quercus

spp.)

and silages of rye and maize with respect to voluntary intake, digestibility, and rumination deer, 61 (1996) Silage-animal

nitrogen balance

time in penned Korean

sika

351

of ensiling

litter

and Cmulkfu

wheat straw and voluntary

sudax fodder

with broiler

yeast on the changes

different fiber fractions, 57 (19%)

in

van Soest procedure Study of the use of a protease with the van Soest procedure, 61 (I 996)

Sorghum The effect different

of

129

substituting

Kenyan

Serena

dietary crude protein and methionine

levels, 61 (19%) The

27

feeding value of Kenyan

flower characteristics of dry matter and

crude protein of forages in ruminants, 57

seed cake

sorghum,

and sesame seed cake

broilers and layers, 61 (1996)

sunfor

41

(1996) Sorghum proportion Effect of changing

291

the

proportion,

wheat:

sorghum in dairy cow rations on carbohydrate

Silage-general A method for obtaining

and storing uniform

silage for feeding experiments, 57 (1996)

87

digestibility and NAN

flow to the intestine, 57

( 1996) 75

Soya bean

Silage-grass Degradability

69

325

Silage-corn Degradability

intake, growth and

digesta kinetics in store lambs, 60 (1996)

sorghum for maize in broiler starter diets with

waste

Effect

and alkaline

hydrogen peroxide on chemical composition of

characteristics of dry matter and

crude protein of forages in ruminants, 57

(I 996)

Response of broiler chicks soybeans

extruded

at

to dietary

different

full-fat

temperatures

prior to or after grinding, 57 ( 1996) 239

291 Prediction of the feeding value of grass silages

Thermal processing of whole soya beans: Stud-

by chemical

ies on the inactivation of antinutritional

parameters.

in vitro digestibility

factors

Subject Index, Volumes 57-62

314

and effects on ileal digestibility in piglets, 57 (1996) 313 Effects of duration of cooking of full-fat soya beans on proximate analysis, levels of antinutritional factors, and digestibility by weanling pigs, 62 (1996) 229 Soya bean meal Effect of heat or formaldehyde treatment on the mmen degradability and intestinal tract apparent digestibility of protein in soya-bean meal and in rapeseed meals of different glucosinolate content, 57 (1996) 257 Variation in feed ingredient quality: oilseed meals, 59 (1996) 129 Replacing soya bean meal with heat-treated, low-glucosinolate rapeseed meal does not affect the performance of growing-finishing pigs, 60 (1996) 1 Fermentation of soya-bean meal with Aspergillus uvumi improves phosphorus availability in chicks, 60 (19%) 131

status Vitamin E supplementation for the ruminant, 60 (1996) 273 Steers Effects of different processing procedures for rice bran on dietary nutrient digestion in each segment of the digestive tract of steers, 59 (1996) 265

straw Fermentation pattern and changes in cell wall constituents of straw-forage silages, straws and partners during storage, 61 (1996) 137 Differences in the nutritive value of two rice straw varieties as influenced by season and location, 61 (1996) 247 Straw-cereal Use of NIRS to estimate the improvement in digestibility after ammonia treatment of cereal straws, 57 (1996) 149 Struthio camelus

Nutrition and feeding of ostriches, 59 (1996) 27

Soya bean oil Determination of apparent and true dietary fatty acid digestibilities and metabolisable energy using ileal digesta and excreta from broiler chickens, 62 (1996) 131

Sugarbeet Fermentation pattern and changes in cell wall constituents of straw-forage silages, straws and partners during storage, 61 (1996) 137

Starch Influence of niacin on in vitro ruminal fermentation and microbial synthesis depending on dietary factors, 58 (1996) 187

Sunflower The feeding value of Kenyan sorghum, sunflower seed cake and sesame seed cake for broilers and layers, 61 (1996) 41

Replacement of starch by digestible tibre in the feed for the growing rabbit. 1. Consequences for digestibility and rate of passage, 61 (1996) 183

Sunflower oilcake Chemical and protein quality parameters of heat processed sunflower oilcake for dairy cattle, 58 (1996)249

Replacement of starch by digestible fibre in feed for the growing rabbit. 2. Consequences for microbial activity in the caecum and on incidence of digestive disorders, 61 (19%) 193

Supplementation Evaluation of rice straw - poultry droppings based rations supplemented with graded levels of rice bran in fistulated buffaloes, 58 (1996) 227

Starch-ethanol process Digestibility and availability of protein and phosphorus in pigs fed wet barley protein and wet distillers solids from integrated starchethanol production, 58 (19%) 201

Supplement feeding Effects of ardacin supplementation on rumen fermentation and protein degradability in steers, 57 (1996) 97

Subject Index. Vdumes

31.5

Techniques-in

Supplements Variability

in individual animal’s intake of min-

erals offered free-choice 62 (1996)

57-62

to grazing ruminants,

69

vitro

Prediction of the feeding value of grass silages by chemical

parameters,

and near-infrared (1996)

in vitro digestibility

reflectance

spectroscopy, 60

103

Swine Precision in swine feeding programs: An inte-

(1996) I37

grated approach, 59

Techniques-near-infrared by chemical

parameters,

Digestible

amino acids for poultry and swine,

and near-infrared

59 (1996)

147

(1996)

Nutritive 60 (19%)

analysis

Prediction of the feeding value of grass silages

value of peas for nonruminant diets,

spectroscopy, 60

103

Techniques-nylon

bag

A comparison

209

in vitro digestibility

reflectance

of methods for measuring the

nutritive value for pigs of a range of hulled and Near infrared

reflectance

spectroscopy to pre-

dict energy value of compound feeds for swine and ruminants, 62 (1996)

77

hulless barley cultivars, 62 (1996)

I89

Thermal treatment Thermal processing of whole soya beans: Stud-

Tannin Feeding value of tree leaves (hybrid poplar and black locust) evaluated rabbits, 57 (19%)

ies on the inactivation of antinutritional factors and effects on ileal digestibility (19%)

with sheep, goats and

51

Tissue tocopherol Recent developments

The

effect

of

in piglets, 57

313

substituting

Kenyan

Serena

turkeys, 60

(I 996)

in vitamin E nutrition of

229

sorghum for maize in broiler starter diets with different

dietary crude protein and methionine

levels, 61 (19%)

27

Titanium dioxide Determination

of titanium dioxide added as an

inert marker in chicken digestibility studies, 59 Digestibility

and

nitrogenous

ruminal

compounds

goats: Effects

digestion in

adult

of

non-

sheep

(1996)

215

and

of chestnut tannins, 61 (1996)

259

a-Tocopherol Vitamin

Techniques Prediction

E biopotency: Comparison of various

‘natu&derived’

and

a-tocopherols,

59 ( 1996)

chemically

synthesized

I 15

of the in vitro gas production and

chemical composition of kikuyu grass by nearinfrared reflectance spectroscopy, 60 (19%)

51

Total tract digestibility Digestibility

and

availability

of

protein

and

phosphorus in pigs fed wet barley protein and Influence of rumen fluid and substrate concen-

wet

tration on fermentation

ethanol production, 58

kinetics measured with

distillers

solids

from

(I 9%)

integrated

starch-

201

a fully automated time related gas production apparatus, 61 (1996)

Trace minerals

113

Trace mineral requirements of grazing cattle, 59 Study of the use. of a protease with the van Soest procedure, 61 (1996)

(1996)

61

129 Antioxidants

Techniques-ensiling Influence genie

of chemical,

ensiling

degradability

improve cattle immunity

ing stress, 62 (1996) enzymatic

preparations and PDI

and

on NEL

luceme and red clover, 61 (1996)

follow-

59

and phytodigestibility, content 325

of

Transitional Practical

diet approaches to feeding the high pro-

ducing cow, 59 (19%)

199

316

Subject Index. Volumes 57-62

Tree leaves Feeding value of tree leaves (hybrid poplar and black locust) evaluated with sheep, goats and rabbits, 57 ( 19%) 5 1

Water retention Ammoniation of barley straw. Effect on cellulose crystallinity and water-holding capacity, 58 (1996) 239

Tropical feedstuffs prediction of the in vitro gas production and chemical composition of kikuyu grass by nearinfrared reflectance spectroscopy, 60 (19%) 51

Wheat Effect of changing the proportion, wheat: sorghum in dairy cow rations on carbohydrate digestibility and NAN flow to the intestine, 57 (1996) 75

Trypsin inhibitors Response of broiler chicks to dietary full-fat soybeans extruded at different temperatures prior to or after grinding, 57 (1996) 239

Use of enzymes to improve nutrient availability in poultry feedstuffs, 60 (1996) 321

Turkey Recent developments in vitamin E nutrition of turkeys, 60 (1996) 229

Wheat straw The effect of sodium hydroxide and alkaline hydrogen peroxide on chemical composition of wheat straw and voluntary intake, growth and digesta kinetics in store lambs, 60 (1996) 69

Unsaturated The fatty acid composition of milk fat as influenced by feeding oilseeds, 60 (1996) 137 Variability Assessment of energy levels in feedstuffs for poultry, 62 (19%) 15 Vitamin E Vitamin E biopotency: Comparison of various ‘natural-derived’ and chemically synthesized a-tocopherols, 59 ( 1996) 115 Supplemental vitamin E in beef cattle diets to improve shelf-life of beef, 59 (19%) 207 Recent developments in vitamin E nutrition of turkeys, 60 ( 1996) 229 Vitamin E supplementation for the ruminant. 60 (1996) 273 Vitamins Importance of antioxidant vitamins in immunity and health in animals, 59 (1996) 103 Antioxidants improve cattle immunity following stress, 62 (1996) 59 Vomitoxin Influence of deoxynivalenol on feed consumption by dairy cows, 60 (1996) 297 Warner-Bratzler blade A shearing technique measuring resistance properties of plant stems, 57 (19%) 225

Evaluation of straw treatment with ammonia sources on growing bulls, 60 (1996) 117 White tkh meal Response of growing steers to diets containing big bale silage and supplements of molassed sugar beet pulp with and without white fish meal, 62 (1996) 151 X-ray diffraction Ammoniation of barley straw. Effect on cellulose crystallinity and water-holding capacity, 58 (1996) 239 Xylanase Use of enzymes IO improve nutrient availability in poultry feedstuffs, 60 (1996) 321 Yeast culture Effect of feeding yeast culture (Yea-sacc’026) on rumen fermentation in vitro and production performance in crossbred dairy cows, 57 ( 19%) 247 Yucca Effects of feeding Yuccu schidigeru extract in diets varying in crude protein and urea contents on growth performance and cecum and blood urea and ammonia concentrations of rabbits, 62 (1996) 121 Zinc Trace mineral requirements of grazing cattle, 59 (1996) 61