BUILDING A NORTH AMERICAN FEED INFORMATION SYSTEM -- Copyright -- SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRITERIA FOR A NATIONAL FEED COMPOSITION DATA BASE -- COMMITTEE ON ANIMAL NUTRITION -- Staff -- BOARD ON AGRICULTURE -- Staff -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- BENEFITS AND USES OF FEED COMPOSITION DATA -- Enhancing Productivity -- Improving Animal Health and Welfare -- Reducing Environmental Pollution -- Recycling By-Products and Wastes -- Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture -- ISSUES OF REGULATION -- Ensuring Food and Feed Safety -- Managing Agricultural Pollution -- EXCHANGING INFORMATION AND IMPROVING TRADE -- TRANSITION TO IMPROVED ANIMAL FEEDING -- Recommendations -- Practical Solutions -- 1 Improving the Application of Nutritional Science -- NUTRITION'S VITAL ROLE -- URGENT NEED FOR INFORMATION -- 2 Potential of a North American Feed Information System -- DIETARY MANAGEMENT OF FOOD-PRODUCING ANIMALS -- Dairy -- Poultry -- IMPACTS ON ANIMAL HEALTH -- Malnutrition and Undernutrition -- Defense Against Disease -- CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT -- Methane -- Nutrient Loading -- Nitrogen -- Phosphorus -- UTILIZATION OF BY-PRODUCTS AND WASTES -- SUSTAINABILITY -- INFLUENCE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING -- REGULATORY IMPLICATIONS -- Food and Feed Safety -- Environmental Regulations -- INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE -- Competing in Agricultural Trade -- Marketing Dividends -- Meeting the World Population's Food Demands -- 3 Diverse Clientele of a North American Feed Information System -- EDUCATORS AND RESEARCHERS -- Education -- Research -- LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS, EXTENSION SPECIALISTS, AND CONSULTANTS -- FEED MANUFACTURERS -- Small-Volume Feed Manufacturers -- Large-Volume Feed Manufacturers and Technical Service Organizations -- 4 The Data Base Concept -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- REJUVENATION OF A CRUCIAL SYSTEM.

EXAMINING SEVERAL PARADIGMS -- Aspects of Utility -- Similarities in Subject Matter and Function -- Accessibility -- Efforts Outside the United States -- Practical Considerations -- Progress and Partnerships -- 5 Making the Concept a Reality -- KEY PLAYERS -- Organizational Relationships -- QUALITY DATA -- Classification -- Chemical and Analytical Aspects of Feedstuff Analysis -- Biological Characterization of Feedstuffs -- Sources of Data -- A FINANCIAL INVESTMENT -- References -- About the Authors.