Nutrition (eds DI Givens, E. Owen, RFE Axford and HM Omed) 15 low, for, whilst many
farmers appreciate its value, difficulties associated with crop establishment and …

Publisher Summary Forages are grown for ruminant feeding, and most ruminant animals eat
forages. Thus, a review of the nutritive value of forages is essentially a review of ruminant …

Current pressures to maximise the use of forages in ruminant diets have renewed interest in
fast, inexpensive methods for the estimation of their nutritional value. As a result, a wide …

This chapter provides some insight into animal science and some perspectives about forage
quality and utilization of forages by ruminant livestock. Good managers of forage‐livestock …

Forage quality is a function of nutrient concentration, intake, nutrient availability, and
partitioning of metabolized products within animals. Of these factors, intake potential is the …

Many important advancements have been made during the past 40 yr as regards forage
quality and its effect on ruminant animal nutrition. In the early days of this 40‐yr period …

Forages are extensively used to feed domesticated farm animals, notably cattle and sheep,
and comprise a wide variety of plant species. They are predominantly grasses or legumes …

Pastures, forages, and grasslands dominate the landscape across the United States and
support a large ruminant population that supplies the nation with value-added animal …

Forages from perennial plants do not supply enough energy to maximize animal output.
Digestible protein of well managed forages is often higher than needed for maximum animal …

DEE3E3| E „JR CHERNEY hectare över a specified period of time (FGTC 1992) and when
expressed on a per day basis is a measure of growth rate. Because animals graze …