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Altering Fat Content of Animal Products through Genetics, Nutrition, and Managament
Pages 80-84

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... Serious questions are being raised about the future of animal agriculture, especially the future of beef production. It is generally conceded that grain in rations for finishing beef cattle will have to be reduced to compensate for current low prices received and the soaring prices for feed.
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... This has been confirmed by Hansen (1973) in nutrient density studies based on chemical composition data of our total food supply.
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... Reference is made to the relationship of dietary fat and saturated fat and in particular to cardiovascular disease. Possibilities of using foodstuffs high in unsaturated fatty acids to qualitatively modify animal fats are summarized by Hoover (1973a,b)
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... A major research investment in improved efficiency of bioconversion by the green plant through photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation would provide ample food, feed, and fiber for a growing population; meet demands of an ever-increasing affluent society; and permanently undergird a flourishing and expanding livestock industry. REFERENCES Boulding, K
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From page 84...
... 1965. Comparisons of weight estimation methods for wild animals and domestic livestock.
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Key Terms

  • beef cattle
  • wild animals
  • carcass fat
  • nonconventional foods
  • dietary allowances

  • food supply
  • animal nutrition
  • recommended dietary
  • finishing beef
  • human nutrition

  • livestock industry
  • dairy cows
  • experiment station
  • feed grains
  • inputs associated

  • economic considerations
  • export commodities
  • probable impact
  • livestock sections
  • time improving

  • nutritive value
  • current resource
  • cow symposium
  • diet food
  • healthrelated aspects

  • wild ungulates
  • nonprotein nitrogen
  • estimation methods
  • permanently undergird
  • versus nonconventional


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