Assessing Quality and Safety of Animal Feeds

Contents: Foreword. List of abbreviations. 1. Modern techniques for feed analysis/I. Mueller-Harvey. 2. Variability in feed composition and its impact on animal production/G. Gizzi and D.I. Givens. 3. Recent advances in the in vitro gas method for evaluation of nutritional quality of feed resources/H.P.S. Makar. 4. Microbiology of animal feeds/J.P.F. D'Mello. 5. Contaminants and toxins in animal feeds/J.P.F. D'Mello. 6. Antibiotic growth-promoters in food animals/P. Hughes and J. Heritage.

"This publication provides the most recent information on the impact of animal feeds on food quality, food safety and the environment and thus improves the basis for managing such risks, which are increasingly at the centre of public and individual consumer attention."