Nutrition and Lactation in the Dairy Cow

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Page v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Page vii
1 - MANIPULATION OF MILK SECRETION, Pages 3-14
2 - NUTRIENT UPTAKE BY THE LACTATING MAMMARY GLAND, Pages 15-31
3 - THE PARTITION OF NUTRIENTS DURING THE LACTATION CYCLE, Pages 32-52
4 - NUTRIENT INTERACTIONS IN THE DAIRY COW, Pages 55-75
5 - PREDICTION OF RESPONSES TO PROTEIN AND ENERGY YIELDING NUTRIENTS, Pages 76-96
6 - THE INFLUENCE OF NUTRIENT BALANCE ON MILK YIELD AND COMPOSITION, Pages 97-118
7 - THE RESPONSE TO THE BALANCE OF MAJOR MINERALS BY THE DAIRY COW, Pages 119-134
8 - VITAMIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE DAIRY COW, Pages 135-156
9 - THE EFFECT OF ENERGY RESERVES AT CALVING ON PERFORMANCE OF DAIRY COWS, Pages 157-170
10 - THE EFFECT OF PREPUBERTAL NUTRITION ON LACTATION PERFORMANCE BY DAIRY COWS, Pages 171-192
11 - GENETIC MERIT AND EFFICIENCY OF MILK PRODUCTION BY THE DAIRY COW, Pages 195-215
12 - ALTERATION OF EFFICIENCY OF MILK PRODUCTION IN DAIRY COWS BY MANIPULATION OF THE DIET, Pages 216-231
13 - ALTERING THE EFFICIENCY OF MILK PRODUCTION OF DAIRY COWS WITH SOMATOTROPHIN, Pages 232-247
14 - PHYSIOLOGY OF CONTROL OF FOOD INTAKE AND REGULATION OF ENERGY BALANCE IN DAIRY COWS, Pages 251-261
15 - FACTORS AFFECTING THE VOLUNTARY INTAKE OF ROUGHAGES BY THE DAIRY COW, Pages 262-279
16 - HERBAGE INTAKE AND UTILIZATION BY THE GRAZING DAIRY COW, Pages 280-293
17 - THE PREDICTION OF VOLUNTARY INTAKE BY THE DAIRY COW, Pages 294-312
18 - LEVEL AND PATTERN OF CONCENTRATE ALLOCATION TO DAIRY COWS, Pages 315-326
19 - CONCENTRATE SUPPLEMENTATION OF SILAGE FOR DAIRY COWS, Pages 327-354
20 - HARVESTING SYSTEMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GRASS SILAGE FOR DAIRY COWS, Pages 355-377
21 - UTILIZATION OF BY-PRODUCTS FOR DAIRY COW FEEDS, Pages 378-394
22 - LOW COST SYSTEMS OF MILK PRODUCTION, Pages 395-410
23 - FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR MILK PRODUCTION, Pages 411-417
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS, Pages 418-424
INDEX, Pages 425-429