TY - BOOK AU - Huisman,B.E.A. TI - Biological basis of sustainable animal production T2 - Biology - Book Archive pre-2000 SN - 9789004684423 AV - SF84.25 U1 - 636 23 PY - 1994/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill | Wageningen Academic KW - Agricultural productivity KW - Congresses KW - Agriculture KW - Economic aspects KW - Livestock productivity N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter -- Preliminary Material; E.A. Huisman , J.W.M. Osse , D. van der Heide , S. Tamminga , B.J. Tolkamp , W.G.P. Schouten , C.E. Hollingworth , and G.L. van Winkel -- Preface; On behalf of the organizing committee and Bram E.A. Huisman -- Productivity of tropical herbivore assemblages: Nature’s basis for exploitation by Man; H.H.T. Prins -- Towards sustainable agriculture: conflict, conscience, commitment and challenges; T.R. Preston -- Animal production as a socio-economic system: heterogeneity, producers and perspectives; J.D. van der Ploeg -- The use of models in the analysis and management of aquatic and terrestrial animal production systems; M.A.M. Machiels , H.J.M. Udo , and W.L.T. van Densen -- Sustainability, more than just sustainable animal production; M.T. Frankenhuis -- Quantifying livestock production of farming systems in the limestone area of East-Java; Stella Efdé and Teunis van Rheenen -- Environmentally sustainable intensive livestock systems in semi-arid central Tanzania; R.B. Ogle , H. Wiktorsson , and A.P. Masaoa -- Cattle production at regional level in Western Province, Zambia.; F.M. Muneku , C. Vijfhuizen , G.C. Bbalo , and E.C. Chileshe -- The role of cattle in changing mixed farm systems in Pabna, Bangladesh; H.M.J. Udo -- Sustainability of small ruminant production on the Adja Plateau (South Benin); A. van den Broek and I.T. Gbégo -- Pasture establishment and recuperation with undersown rice on the acid soil savannas of South America; Raul R. Vera , José I. Sanz , Phanor Hoyos , Diego L. Molina , Mariela Rivera , and María C. Moya -- Ecomorphology as a tool in fisheries: identification and ecotyping of Lake Tana barbs ( Barbus intermedins complex), Ethiopia; F.A. Sibbing , L.A.J. Nagelkerke , and J.W.M. Osse -- Sustainable livestock systems in the tropics: a new MSc-programme at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; P. Fajersson , P. Udén , T.R. Preston , and R.B. Ogle -- The International Foundation for Science; C. Arosenius -- Grazing husbandry based on sustainable nutrient management; C.M.L. Hermans and P.H. Vereijken -- Ethics and environmental aspects of mixed farming: finding sustainable solutions by case studies; Niels Halberg , Erik Steen Kristensen , and Jan Tind Sørensen -- Economic and environmental consequences of different governmental policies to reduce N losses on dairy farms; P.B.M. Berentsen and G.W.J. Giesen -- The influence of restricting nitrogen losses of dairy farms on dairy cattle breeding goals; M.H.A. Steverink , A.F. Groen , and P.B.M. Berentsen -- Feeding management to reduce nitrogen losses in dairy cows; G. Hof and S. Tamminga -- Energy and protein utilization of cows of high and low genetic merit for milk solids production on a high and low input diet; R.F. Veerkamp , G.C. Emmans , J.D. Oldham , and G. Simm -- Partitioning of dietary nitrogen between body components and waste in young growing pigs; P. Bikker , M.W.A. Verstegen , and S. Tamminga -- Breeding goals for intensive but sustainable poultry meat production; F.R. Leenstra and D.A. Ehlhardt -- Between-animal variation in biological efficiency as related to residual feed consumption; P. Luiting , E.M. Urff , and M.W.A. Verstegen -- Physiological determinants to optimize metabolic utilization of dietary amino acids for animal protein production; V.V.A.M. Schreurs , R.A.H.M. ten Doeschate , H.A. Boekholt , and R.E. Koopmanschap -- Energy intake, a graduator for protein retention in animals; H.A. Boekholt and V.V.A.M. Schreurs -- Application of natural activated zeolites in the treatment of highly contaminated wastewaters; N. Ružinski , T. Filipan , and S. Benc -- The effects of production efficiency on animal welfare; D.M. Broom -- Disease control and health in Danish organic dairy herds; Mette Vaarst and Carsten Enevoldsen -- Straw-bedded systems in pig production; D.S. Arey -- Preventative measures in health care in hen houses; L. Carlucci , R.H. Hauser , and D. W. Fölsch -- Use of mathematic models in the search for a sustainable solution to chicken mite problems in poultry houses; Veronika Maurer , Johann Baumgärtner , and Detlef W. Fölsch -- Appropriate technologies for rabbit warrens; A. Finzi , M.J. De Lazzer , and A. Amici -- Preserving genetic variance resources in commercial and non-commercial populations; R.C. Buis , J.K. Oldenbroek , and J.H.J. van der Werf -- The effect of production systems on the behaviour and attitudes of stockpersons; M.F. Seabrook UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004684423 ER -