Herbivores provides an application of silvo-pastoral and mixed grazing systems of domestic herbivores and the management of wild herbivores.

Contents

1. The Possible Use of the Alkenes (Unsaturated Hydrocarbons) of Plant Cuticular Wax as Diet Composition Markers in Sheep
2. Degradation Characteristics of Stover of 'Criollo' Maize Varieties Used as Forage in Smallholder Maize-Livestock Production Systems of Central Mexico, in Different Growing Periods
3. The Use of Alkanes as Markers for Estimating Diet Composition in Sheep and Goats
4. Gas Production and Dry Matter Degradability of Diets for Ruminants
5. Prediction of DMD From Gas Production for Substrates with High and Low Soluble Carbohydrate Content
6. Diet Determination of Cattle Grazing in the Sanyati Communal Areas in Zimbabwe
7. Limitations in Assessment of Forage Intake and Diet Composition of Steers Grazing Tropical Pastures with Short-Term Intake Rate and Oesophageal Fistulated Steers
8. A New Strategy for the In Situ Technique Through the Use of One Fistulated Ruminant
9. Validation of the N-Alkane Technique to Measure Intake and Digestibility in Alentejano Pigs Under "Montanheira"
10. Effect of Inoculum From Suckling Rabbits of Different Ages on Fermentation Parameters Obtained with the In Vitro Gas Production Technique
11. Comparison Between In Vitro Gas Production and In Situ Degradation for Evaluating Rumen Dry Matter Degradation of Maize Grain and Tropical Grasses
12. Fermentation Kinetics of the Carbohydrate Fraction of Fresh Forage, Silage and Hay of Avena Sativa
13. Effect of Method of Conservation on the N-Alkane C₃₁ Concentration of Two Legumes and Three Temperate Grasses
14. The Amount of Rumen Fluid Influences the Composition of Short Chain Fatty Acids Produces In Vitro
15. A Methodological Approach in La Reunion Island on the Value of Faecal Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) to Assess Grazing Intake and Diet Quality of the Dairy Cow
16. In Vitro Fermentation of Four Tropical Browse Legumes: Estimation of the Effect of Tannins by Gas Production
17. Predicting the Digestibility of Sahelian Roughage Feeds from the Crude Protein Content in Faeces of Cattle, Sheep and Goats Using an Established First-Order Exponential Function
18. Effect of Rumen Emptying on Biting Rate of Cows Grazing Brachiaria Brizantha at Three Stocking Rates in Yucatán, México
19. Evaluation of a Fat Protection Method (Ca-soap) with an In Vitro Gas Production System
20. Mean Chewing Time in Horses Fed Different Forages Supplemented with Concentrates

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