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This book presents the papers delivered at a MAFF conference, and contains overviews of secondary plant products in general, and tannins, trypsin inhibitors and lectins in particular.
Secondary plant products are increasing being used and researched as lower cost, nutritive ingredients for animal feeds. The possible harmful or beneficial effects of these secondary plant products must be considered. The contributors are drawn from academia and industry, include animal nutritionists and plant breeders. The concluding discussion includes the importance of providing a precise identity of the secondary plant product present, its effects, better and relevant analyses, and to be mindful of the different needs of pigs and poultry, compared with ruminants.
Content:
- Background and introduction
- An overview of antinutritional factors in higher plants
- Tannins: their nature and biological significance
- Tannins: implications for non ruminants
- Effects of dietary tannins on ruminants
- Protein protease inhibitors from plants
- Plant lectins
- Plant breeding; what is being, can be and should be done
- Discussion
- Index
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ISBN10: 189767628X
ISBN13: 9781897676288
Format: Paperback
Pages: 0
Language: English
Published: 1999
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