TY - BOOK ID - 14301763 TI - In vitro screening of plant resources for extra-nutritional attributes in ruminants: nuclear and related methodologies AU - Vercoe, Philip E. AU - Makkar, Harinder P. S. AU - Schlink, Anthony C. PY - 2010 SN - 9048132967 9786612831003 1282831003 9048132975 9400791852 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Science+Business Media B.V., DB - UniCat KW - Plant bioactive compounds -- Research. KW - Plants, Edible -- Testing. KW - Rumen fermentation -- Research. KW - Ruminants -- Feeding and feeds. KW - Ruminants -- Nutrition. KW - Rumen fermentation KW - Ruminants KW - Plants, Edible KW - Biology KW - Agriculture KW - Animal Sciences KW - Biology - General KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Research KW - Feeding and feeds KW - Nutrition KW - Testing KW - Plants KW - Feeding and feeds. KW - Analysis. KW - Plant chemical analysis KW - Chemical analysis KW - Life sciences. KW - Agriculture. KW - Biochemistry. KW - Plant biochemistry. KW - Biodiversity. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Biochemistry, general. KW - Life Sciences, general. KW - Plant Biochemistry. KW - Botanical chemistry KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Biosciences KW - Sciences, Life KW - Science KW - Biological chemistry KW - Chemical composition of organisms KW - Organisms KW - Physiological chemistry KW - Chemistry KW - Medical sciences KW - Biological diversification KW - Biological diversity KW - Biotic diversity KW - Diversification, Biological KW - Diversity, Biological KW - Biocomplexity KW - Ecological heterogeneity KW - Numbers of species KW - Composition KW - Phytochemistry KW - Plant biochemistry KW - Plant chemistry KW - Biochemistry KW - Botany KW - Phytochemicals KW - Plant biochemical genetics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14301763 AB - The aim of this manual is to provide a comprehensive guide to the methods involved in collecting, preparing and screening plants for bioactive properties for manipulating key ruminal fermentation pathways and against gastrointestinal pathogens. The manual will better equip the reader with methodological approaches to initiate screening programmes to test for bioactivity in native plants and find ‘natural’ alternatives to chemicals for manipulating ruminal fermentation and gut health. The manual provides isotopic and non-isotopic techniques to efficiently screen plants or plant parts for a range of potential bioactives for livestock production. Each chapter has been contributed by experts in the field and methods have been presented in a format that is easily reproducible in the laboratory. It is hoped that this manual will be of great value to students, researchers and those involved in developing efficient and environmentally friendly livestock production systems. ER -