PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DIGESTION AND METABOLISM IN RUMINANTS
PART I: RUMEN FERMENTATION CHARACTERISATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF THE MICROBIAL POPULATIONS OF THE RUMEN THE ROLE OF THERMODYNAMICS IN THE CONTROL OF RUMINAL FERMENTATION DIGESTION AND PASSAGE OF FIBRE IN RUMINANTS PART II: ABSORPTION MECHANISMS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS IN THE EPITHELIA OF THE SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINES UREA TRANSPORTERS AND UREA RECYCLING IN RUMINANTS RUMINAL SCFA ABSORPTION: CHANNELLING ACIDS WITHOUT HARM PART III: SPLACHNIC METABOLISM SPLANCHNIC METABOLISM OF LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS IN RUMINANTS SPLANCHNIC AMINO ACID METABOLISM IN RUMINANTS SPLANCHNIC METABOLISM OF SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS IN THE RUMINANT PART IV: LACTATION AND REPRODUCTION PHYSIOLOGY PATTERNS AND PUTATIVE REGULATORY MECHANISMS OF HIGH-AFFINITY GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER EXPRESSION BY RUMINANTS CHARACTERISATION AND NUTRITIONAL REGULATION OF THE MAIN LIPOGENIC GENES IN THE RUMINANT ROLES OF GROWTH HORMONE AND LEPTIN IN THE PERIPARTURIENT DAIRY COW CONTENTS PART V: LACTATION AND REPRODUCTION PHYSIOLOGY PRENATAL NUTRITION, FETAL PROGRAMMING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARM ANIMAL RESEARCH MAMMARY CELL TURNOVER: RELEVANCE TO LACTATION PERSISTENCY AND DRY PERIOD MANAGEMENT MILK FAT DEPRESSION: CONCEPTS, MECHANISMS AND MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS PART VI: NUTRITION AND IMMUNOLOGY ENDOCRINE EFFECTS ON IMMUNE FUNCTION: DEFINING OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON KNOWLEDGE FROM GROWING CALF AND PERIPARTURIENT ANIMAL MODELS ENERGY AND PROTEIN EFFECTS ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM VITAMIN AND TRACE MINERAL EFFECTS ON IMMUNE FUNCTION OF RUMINANTS PART VII: NUTRITION AND STRESS PHYSIOLOGY FEEDING MANAGEMENT AND STRESS IN CALVES EFFECTS OF NUTRITION ON STRESS REACTIVITY PART VIII: HUMAN HEALTH ASPECTS MILK FATTY ACIDS AND HUMAN HEALTH: POTENTIAL ROLE OF CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID AND TRANS FATTY ACIDS DOES COW’S MILK ENHANCE LINEAR GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM DEVELOPING AND INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES PART IX: WORKSHOP REPORTS THE USE OF RUMINANTS IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND THE PRIORITIES WITHIN RUMINANT PHYSIOLOGY RESEARCH TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION PAPER — RUMINANTS IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: WHERE IS THE FUTURE FOR ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGISTS? PART IX: WORKSHOP REPORTS METHODS USED FOR STUDYING PARTICLE SIZE AND DIGESTA FLOW DISCUSSION PAPER 1 — USE OF IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR MEASURING PARTICLE SIZE IN FEED, DIGESTA AND FAECES DISCUSSION PAPER 2 — MEASUREMENT OF DIGESTA FLOW ENTERING THE OMASAL CANAL