TY - BOOK ID - 8136061 TI - NorFor, the Nordic feed evaluation system AU - Volden, Harald. AU - European Association for Animal Production. PY - 2011 SN - 9086861628 9086867189 PB - Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - Animal feeding. KW - Animal nutrition -- Mathematical models. KW - Cattle -- Feeding and feeds -- Norway. KW - Feeds. KW - Biology KW - Agriculture KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Biology - General KW - Animal Sciences KW - Animal nutrition KW - Mathematical models. KW - Animals KW - Domestic animals KW - Livestock KW - Animal feeds KW - Animal rations KW - Feed KW - Feeding and feeding stuffs KW - Feeding stuffs KW - Feedingstuff KW - Feedstuff KW - Fodder KW - Livestock rations KW - Rations, Animal KW - Rations, Livestock KW - Feeding KW - Feeding, Animal KW - Feeding of animals KW - Nutrition KW - Feeding and feeds KW - Life sciences. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Life Sciences, general. KW - Farm supplies KW - Animal feeding KW - Fodder banks KW - Feeds KW - Biosciences KW - Sciences, Life KW - Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8136061 AB - NorFor is a semi-mechanistic feed evaluation system for cattle, which is used by advisors in Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. This book describes in detail the system and it covers five main sections. The first is concerned with information on feed characteristics, feed analysis and feed digestion methods. The second section describes the digestion and metabolism in the gastrointestinal tract and the supply and requirement of energy and metabolizable amino acids. The third section considers the prediction of feed intake and physical structure of the diet. The fourth section focuses on model evaluation and the final section provides information on the IT solutions and feed ration formulation by a non-linear economical optimization procedure. This book will be of significant interest to researchers, students and advisors of cattle nutrition and feed evaluation. ER -