Assessing quality and safety of animal feeds.
Contributors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Series: FAO animal production and health paper ;; 160
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Feeds -- Quality.; Feeds -- Contamination.
Description: This publication provides information on the impact of animal feeds on food quality, food safety, and the environment, and thus improves the basis for managing such risks. The book brings together in printed form six reviews from the FAO electronic journal AGRIPPA (available online).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"TC/M/Y5159E/1/12.03/1500"--P. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: Modern techniques for feed analysis / I. Mueller-Harvey; title: Variability in feed composition and its impact on animal production / G. Gizzi and D.I. Givens; title: Recent advances in in vitro gas method for evaluation of nutritional quality of feed resources / Harinder P.S. Makkar; title: Microbiology of animal feeds / J.P.F. D'Mello; title: Contaminants and toxins in animal feeds / J.P.F. D'Mello; title: Antibiotic growth-promoters in food animals / Peter Hughes and John Heritage.