Contents
Page
Foreword
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1
Managing natural resources for sustainable livestock-based agriculture
1
2
Identifying priority areas for research on tropical feed resources
21
3
Nutrition of non-ruminants
35
4
Feed resources for non-ruminants
51
5
Nutrition of ruminants
83
6
Feed resources for ruminants
109
7
Technologies for improving the use of renewable natural resources
135
8
Design and analysis of experiments
155
9
Biological and chemical analytical methods
181
10
Animal feeding trials
241
11
On-farm research: a discussion of some practical examples and procedures
253
12
Guidelines for the evaluation of feed resources
265
13
Presentation of research results
277
References
283