Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter / Wouter H. Hendriks, Martin W.A. Verstegen, and László Babinszky -- 1: Challenges in the 21 st century in pig and poultry nutrition and the future of animal nutrition / L. Babinszky, M.W.A. Verstegen, and W.H. Hendriks -- 2: New facets to an understanding of dietary nutrient utilisation / P.J. Moughan -- 3: Feed intake and regulation / N. Everaert, E. Decuypere, and J. Buyse -- 4: Gut nutrition and health in pigs and poultry / J.R. Pluske and J. Zentek -- 5: Animal nutrition and immunity in pigs and poultry / M. Bouwens and H.F.J. Savelkoul -- 6: Nutritional modulation to improve health and welfare / K.E. Bach Knudsen -- 7: Nutrigenomics and its perspective in nutrition / M. Vailati-Riboni, K. Shahzad, A.A. Elolimy, D.N. Coleman, and J.J. Loor -- 8: The adverse effects of heat stress on the antioxidant status and performance of pigs and poultry and reducing these effects with nutritional tools / L. Babinszky, M. Horváth, J. Remenyik, and M.W.A Verstegen -- 9: Using non-invasive synchrotronbased analytical techniques in animal nutrition: a novel approach / P. Yu, D. Christensen, L. Miller, H. Nakatsuji, R.T. Zijlstra, H. Zhang, Y.C. Lee, Y. Ikemoto, and B.R. Wood -- 10: Biotechnology in the feed industry and animal nutrition: harnessing microbes to provide natural solutions / P. Spring, J. Taylor-Pickard, K.A. Jacques, and J.M. Hower -- 11: Co-products in swine nutrition and feed formulation / R.T. Zijlstra and E. Beltranena -- 12: Mycotoxins in the feed and animal products / S. Madhysatha and R.R. Marquardt -- 13: Novel protein sources in animal nutrition: considerations and examples / M.M. van Krimpen and W.H. Hendriks -- 14: Future of animal nutrition: the role of life cycle assessment / C.E. van Middelaar, H.H.E. van Zanten, and I.J.M. de Boer -- 15: Nutrition and environmental sustainability / J.Y. Dourmad, F. Garcia-Launay, B. Méda, M. Lessire, and A. Narcy -- 16: The role of nutrient utilisation models in precision animal management / C.F.M. de Lange and L. Huber -- 17: Future technologies in pigs & poultry nutrition / A.F.B. van der Poel and J.L.M. Marchal -- 18: Precision livestock feeding, principle and practice / C. Pomar, J. van Milgen, and A. Remus -- Back Matter / Wouter H. Hendriks, Martin W.A. Verstegen, and László Babinszky.

Poultry and pig nutrition: challenges of the 21st century focuses on the important challenges animal production faces in the light of increasing global feed scarcity, climate change and improvements in animal welfare. Animal nutrition plays a critical role in providing answers to these 21st century challenges. Internationally leading authorities in nutrition and nutrition-related disciplines provide their views and solutions. New research areas are discussed and the current gaps in our knowledge are identified. Among the topics discussed are the use of microbes for natural solutions, the importance of individual feed intake determination, technological treatments of feed ingredients, and advances in modelling. In addition, authors provide their insights on the effects of environment/housing on animal functioning and the impact of climate change on the mycotoxin content of feed ingredients as well as the importance of pro- and antioxidant balance in animals. The increasing global demand for feed will increase the search for alternative feed ingredients especially new protein sources while for an environmentally sustainable human diet, life cycle assessment needs to be combined with other modelling techniques that address environmental impacts of dietary choices at the (inter)national level. Future challenges require new solutions and innovations, and this book contains a collection of ideas for our 21st century challenges.

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