This paper gives an overview of the availability, nutritive quality, and possible strategies to
improve the utilization of rice straw as a feed ingredient for ruminants. Approximately 80% of …

The combined effects of population increase and increasing standards of living in developing
countries are expected to create a high demand for animal-derived protein by 2050. New …

Maize silage has become the major forage component in the ration of dairy cows over the
last few decades. This review provides information on the mean content and variability in …

Insects have been proposed as a high-quality, efficient and sustainable dietary protein
source. The present study evaluated the protein quality of a selection of insect species. Insect …

1. The aim of the present study was to examine the influence of microbial phytase and xylanase,
individually or in combination, on performance, apparent metabolisable energy, digesta …

In ruminant nutrition, there is an increasing interest for ingredients that do not compete with
human nutrition. Ruminants are specialists in digesting carbohydrates in plant cell walls; …

Cats are strict carnivores and in the wild rely on a diet solely based on animal tissues to meet
their specific and unique nutritional requirements. Although the feeding ecology of cats in …

1. The aim of the present study was to examine the influence of whole wheat inclusion and
xylanase supplementation on the performance, apparent metabolisable energy (AME), …

Eleven white-rot fungi were examined for their potency to degrade lignin and to improve the
rumen fermentability of wheat straw. The straw was inoculated with the fungi and incubated …

The effects of processing technologies, whether or not combined with cell wall degrading
enzymes, on the physicochemical properties of non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) and the …