Regulation of feed intake /

Table Of Contents:
Contributors ix
Preface xv

Part I. Natural Feeding, Feeding Modes, Preferences and Behaviour 1(26)

Natural Feeding Behaviour and Feed Selection 3(10)

J.M. Forbes

When Feeding is Just Eating. How Do Farm and Zoo Animals Use Their Spare Time? 13(8)

P. Koene

Voluntary Feed Intake in Dual-Purpose and Double-Muscled Belgian White-Blue Bulls 21(6)

L.O. Fiems

R.J. Moermans

Ch.V. Boucque

B.G. Cottyn

S. de Campeneere

Part II. Physiological Regulation of Feed Intake: Genetic, Metabolic, Hormonal and Neural Regulations 27(122)

Central Nervous Control of Nutrient Availability and Utilization 29(12)

A.B. Steffens

L. Benthem

The Role of Metabolic Feed Intake Regulation in Feed Intake Behaviour of Sheep Fed Increasing Amounts of Low-Quality Forages. A Model Approach 41(8)

S.J. Oosting

H. Nordheim

Effect of Early Age Restricted Feed Intake on Performance of Meat Turkeys 49(6)

I. Plavnik

E. Wax

Effect of the Duration of Feed Restriction on Regulation of Feed Intake, Nitrogen and Energy Balances 55(6)

A. Kamalzadeh

W.J. Koops

J. van Bruchem

A Comparative Study of the Anorexic Effect of Simmondsin in Poultry and Mammals 61(8)

S. Vermaut

G. Flo

M. Cokelaere

E. Decuypere

Multi-Trait Covariance Functions to Model Between-Animal Variation in the Dynamic Relationship Between Feed Intake and Milk Yield During Lactation 69(6)

R.F. Veerkamp

R. Thompson

T.H.E. Meuwissen

M.H. Pool

The Role of Genetic Variation in Feed Intake and its Physiological Aspects: Results from Selection Experiments 75(14)

P. Luiting

Lipostatic Regulation of Feed Intake in Ruminants 89(14)

P. Faverdin

N. Bareille

Effects of Domestication on Foraging Behaviour: a Study in Domesticated and Crossbred (Landrace X Wild Boar) Pigs 103(6)

T. Schuurman

F.H. de Jonge

M.J.M. Wichers Schreur

A. Mulder

M. Gustafsson

A Proposed Model for Studies on Regulation of Food Intake in a Seasonal Breeder, the Mink (Mustela vison) 109(6)

A.-H. Tauson

A. Chwalibog

R. Fink

M. Valtonen

S. Wamberg

Physiological Utilization of Dietary Protein: Interactions Between Meal Frequency and Protein Source 115(8)

V.V.A.M. Schreurs

R.E. Koopmanschap

B. Kuyf

A. Zierikzee

M. Lisicka

J. Myszkowska

J. Bujko

E. Furstenberg

Short-Term Preferences in Sheep Fed Rye-Grass as Fresh Forage, Silage or Hay 123(6)

R. Baumont

A. Grasland

A. Detour

Piscivory and Benthivory in Large Lake Tana Barbs (Barbus sp., Cyprinidae) 129(10)

G.H. van de Weerd

F.A. Sibbing

J.W.M. Osse

Effect of Feed Intake on Composition of Daily Growth: a Comparison of Some Animal Species 139(10)

H.A. Boekholt

V.V.A.M. Schreurs

Part III. Environmental Factors and Feed Intake: Feeding Behaviour, Feed Choice and Feeding Habits 149(78)

Limitations in the Use of Constraints for Intake Predictions 151(16)

B.J. Tolkamp

The Influence of the Environment on Feed Intake of Cattle in Semi-Arid Africa 167(20)

E. Schlecht

M. Blummel

K. Becker

Feeding Behaviour on Natural Pasture, a Complex of Human-Livestock-Environment Interactions 187(10)

M.A. Slingerland

Forage Intake and Feeding Behaviour of Day and/or Night Grazing Cattle in Sahelian Rangelands 197(6)

A.A. Ayantunde

A. Fernandez-Rivera

P. Hiernaux

H. van Keulen

H.M.J. Udo

Intake and Rumen Kinetics in Dairy Cows Fed Grass, Maize and Alfalfa Silage 203(6)

M. Bruining

S. Tamminga

M.W.A. Verstegen

Effect of Missing Data on the Estimate of Average Daily Feed Intake of Growing Pigs 209(6)

J.J. Eissen

A.G. de Haan

E. Kanis

Feeding Behaviour of Sahiwal and Friesian Cattle Under a Zero Grazing System in a Tropical Climate 215(4)

J.N. Kariuki

S. Tamminga

C.K. Gachuiri

G.K. Gitau

J.M.K. Muia

Diet and Manure Characteristics in Relation to Nitrogen Flows in a Dairy Farming System 219(8)

J. van Bruchem

F. Verhoeven

L. Brussaard

S. Tamminga
Index 227