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1 Improving the Application of Nutritional Science
Pages 11-14

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... Endeavors directed toward expanding understanding of animal nutrition continue to progress because of changing demands on the types of animal products produced, considerations of the welfare of domestic and nondomestic species, emerging animal industries such as aquaculture, and concern for the environment in agricultural communities. Knowledge of animal nutrition continues to progress, with scientific breakthroughs defining integral concepts of nutritional science.
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... Finally, feed manufacturers as well as animal producers and technical consultants on farms use feed composition information on a daily basis. URGENT NEED FOR INFORMATION Rapid advancements and significant improvements in the nutritional sciences, animal production practices, and environmental protection in the United States and abroad can be attributed in part to the use of a feed composition data base.
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... Individual inquiries and requests for specific feed nutrient data were also answered by the staff that maintained the data base at Utah State University from 1963 to 1985. The data base took on international importance in 1972 when the International Feedstuffs Institute was organized at Utah State University to participate in the International Network of Feed Information Centers (INFIC)
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... . Therefore, the Subcommittee on Criteria for a National Feed Composition Data Base proposes an improved North American feed information system.
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