Biotechnology in Animal Feeds and Animal Feeding

With the dramatically rising sophistication of biological methods and products and the increasing use of recombinant DNA technology, now is an apt time to review the status of biotechnology in animal feeding.
This book gives succinct yet comprehensive coverage of products of biotechnology and allied sciences used in animal feed and feeding industries. Particular emphasis is placed on:
- Conservation and upgrading of feeds and feed components
- Increasing the protein value of feeds
- Antimicrobials
- Microbial feed additives
- Increasing the energy value of feeds.
Moreover, increasing environmental concerns are reflected in chapters describing dietary products which may help to reduce environmental hazards from animal feeding enterprises. A discussion of social and legislative aspects relating to biotechnology and animal feeding rounds off this useful compilation of timely articles.

Content:
Chapter 1 Biotechnology in animal feeds and animal feeding: an overview (pages 1–15): Frederick George Perry
Chapter 2 Legislation and the legislative environment (pages 17–31): Philip T. Reeves , Trevor Doust, Jean E. Hollebone, Judy Thompson, David R. Williams, Toshirou Nonomura, Masakazu Goto, Woodrow M. Knight, Sharon A. Benz and William D. Price
Chapter 3 Silage additives (pages 33–54): Keith K. Bolsen, Gilad Ashbell and J. M. Wilkinson
Chapter 4 Biological upgrading of feed and feed components (pages 55–70): Frantisek Zadrazil, Anil Kumar Puniya and Kishan Singh
Chapter 5 Transgenic plants with improved protein quality (pages 71–92): Susan B. Altenbach and Jeffrey A. Townsend
Chapter 6 Industrial amino acids in nonruminant animal nutrition (pages 93–113): Daniel Bercovici and Malcolm F. Fuller
Chapter 7 Protected proteins and amino acids for ruminants (pages 115–141): Charles G. Schwab
Chapter 8 Antibacterials in poultry and pig nutrition (pages 143–172): Gordon D. Rosen
Chapter 9 Ionophores and antibiotics in ruminants (pages 173–204): T. G. Nagaraja
Chapter 10 Microbial probiotics for pigs and poultry (pages 205–231): Stanislava Stavric and Ervin T. Kornegay
Chapter 11 Oligosaccharide feed additives (pages 233–245): Pierre F. Monsan and Francois Paul
Chapter 12 Microbial feed additives for pre?ruminants (pages 247–258): Kyle E. Newman and Kate A. Jacques
Chapter 13 Microbial feed additives for ruminants (pages 259–278): C. James Newbold
Chapter 14 Transgenic plants with improved energy characteristics (pages 279–293): Claire Halpin, Geoffrey A. Foxon and P. Anthony Fentem
Chapter 15 Dietary enzymes for increasing energy availability (pages 295–309): Hadden Graham and Derick Balnave
Chapter 16 Biotechnology in the treatment of animal manure (pages 311–327): Marleen Vande Woestyne and Willy Verstraete
Chapter 17 Feed additives and other interventions for decreasing methane emissions (pages 329–349): Christian Van Nevel and Daniel Demeyer