Abstract:
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1. Ruminants in the World -- 2. Nutritional Concepts -- 3. Feeding Strategies, Taxonomy, and Evolution -- 4. Body Size and the Limitations of Ruminants -- 5. Nonruminant Herbivores -- 6. Plant, Animal, and Environment -- 7. The Free-ranging Animal -- 8. Forage Evaluation Techniques -- 9. Minerals -- 10. Fiber and Physicochemical Properties of Feeds -- 11. Carbohydrates -- 12. Lignin -- 13. Plant Defensive Chemicals -- 14. Forage Preservation -- 15. Function of the Ruminant Forestomach -- 16. Microbes in t
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