The papers also consider the importance of animal health together with novel strategies for disease control.
Globally, dairy and meat production has become an extremely competitive industry. The world milk production is predicted to grow significantly by 2020 with the emergence of new consumers in developing countries. Yet, there is still intense competition for the industry to attract and retain consumers in the more established markets. Consumers continue to demand safe, high quality milk and meat products at competitive prices compared to other high protein food alternatives. To ensure the sustainability of both dairy and beef industries, producers must endeavour to seek new technologies to improve production efficiency whilst lowering the cost of production to produce a quality product.
'Gaining the edge in ruminant production: Nutritional strategies for optimal productivity and efficiency' is aimed at nutritionists, veterinarians and animal producers as well as students and researchers studying animal and applied biological sciences.
Table of Contents
Proteomics, nutrigenomics, metabolomics: do we have effective tools to optimise rumen function? • Bio-based economy and new challenges to dairy nutrition • Dairy nutrition models: their forms and applications • Dairy and Salmonella • The Selenium dilemma: what is the role for EU approved Sel-Plex®? • Raising replacement calves: nutrition, management and objectives • Managing optimal health of dairy calves • Building immunity in dairy calves • Keyword index