Nitrogen is a component of essential nutrients critical for the productivity of ruminants. If
excreted in excess, N is also an important environmental pollutant contributing to acid …

The use of markers to determine digestibility of feeds overcomes the need to make exact
measurements of feed intake and total faecal output in the traditional total collection method …

Drones offer entirely new prospects for precision agriculture. This study investigates the
utilisation of drone remote sensing for managing and monitoring silage grass swards. In …

Forage crops serve as the main source of material for production of silage, while high
moisture grains, although high in nutritive value, are ensiled in lesser quantities worldwide …

A sound theoretical definition for forage or feed quality is animal performance. This definition
may be useful as a relative comparison among forages when given to growing or lactating …

This paper describes the Feed into Milk (FiM) system, which aims to develop an improved
nutritional model that could be applied with immediate effect. The project comprises reviews …

Nitrogen isotope analysis is now commonly used to investigate the diets, and to a lesser
extent, the environments of ancient populations. These studies assume that mammals are …

The warm‐season (ie, C4) grasses are the backbone of livestock systems in much of the
world. This chapter examines the factors limiting quality of C4 grasses that may, in turn …

Many studies have suggested that South American camelids (SAC) have greater digestive
efficiency than pecoran ruminants, but others have found no difference. In an effort to …

The superior milk production efficiency of Jersey (JE) and Jersey× Holstein-Friesian (JE×
HF) cows compared with Holstein-Friesian (HF) has been widely published. The biological …