第7届草食动物营养国际学术研讨会论文集

Plenary Papers

SESSION 1: The Role of Herbivores in Mixed/Integrated Agriculture and Agro-Forestry Systems in Asian Countries

1. Herbivores in integrated agriculture and agro-forestry in Asia. J.K. Ha, J.B. Liang,M. Eslami S.D. Upadhaya

2. Nutrient supply and digestion in indigenous herbivores in China: yaks. B. Xue,S.J. Liu, X.Q. Zhao, L.H. Hu, X.T. Han

3. Forage, crop and tree residues integrated with herbivore production in some Asian regions. Q.X. Meng, D.X. Lu, J.X. Liu, X.X. Wang, L.P. Ren

SESSION 2: Gastrointestinal Microbial Ecology in Herbivores

4. Molecular approaches to study bacterial diversity and function in the intestinal tract.R.1. Mackie, I.K.O. Cann, E. Zoetenda, E. Forano

5. Recent advances in microbial ecology of protozoa and fungi in the rumen of herbivores. H. Itabashi H. Matsui

6. Diversity of methanogens and their Interactions with other microorganisms in methanogenesis in the rumen.W.Y. Zhu, S.Y. Mao, J.X. Liu, Y. F. Cheng, M.F. lqba, J.K. Wang

SESSION 3: Assimilation of Carbohydrates and Nitrogen in the Herbivore Intestine

7. The advances in dietary protein and carbohydrate nutrition and the microbial diversity and genomics of the rumen bacteria. D.O. Krause, J.C. Plaizier, G. T. Attwood

8. Protein metabolism in the herbivore gut: old and new perspectives. R.J. Wallace,N. D. Walker

SESSION 4: Breeding and Utilization of Forage and Grass in Herbivores

9. Molecular breeding for the genetic improvement of forage plants. G.C. Spangenberg,J.W. Forster, T. Sawbridge, D. Edwards, U. John, A. Mouradov, K.F. Smith

10. Bacterial genome mining to advance enzymology for plant cell wall degradation.1.K.O. Cann, D. Dodd, S. K. Nair, R. I. Mackie, A. Spies

11. Improving genotypes and understanding phenotypes: breeding forages for livestock and the environment. M.K. Theodorou, T. Abberton, A. Kingston-Smith, M. O.Humphreys

SESSION 5: Novel Development in Herbivore Nutrition: Molecular and Cellular Aspects

12. Host and intestinal microbiota negotiations in the context of animal growth efficiency. H. Rex Gaskins

13. Diet and physiological state influence gene expression in herbivores. L Cassar-Malek, C. Leroux, D. Gruffat, M. Bonnet, L. Bernard, D. Morgavi, Y.Chilliard, J.F. Hocquette

SESSION 6: Stress Factors Associated with Herbivores Nutrition

14. Transdisciplinary studies of plant secondary metabolites: lessons from ecology for animal science and vice versa. W. Foley, G. lason, H. Makka

15. Opportunities to control herbivore nematodes through manipulation of the grazing environment. A.R. Sykes, L Kyriazakis

SESSION 7: Nutritional Practice

16. Nutritional manipulation of functional foods derived from herbivores for human nutritional benefit. T.C. Wright, N.E. Odongo, N.D. Scollan, B. W. McBride

17. Nutritional disorders in the horse. R. A I Jassim

18. Nutritional control to reduce environmental impacts of intensive dairy cattle systems. J. Dijkstra, A. Bannink, J. France, E. Kebreab

SESSION 8: Nutritional options to secure environmental and food safety based on intensive animal production systems

19. Antimicrobial resistance genes in livestock production systems: concepts and consequences. Z.T. Yu, M. Morrison

20. Contamination of the food chain with pathogens derived from ruminant production systems. B. A. Vanselow, C. S. McSweeney

21. Comparative greenhouse gas emissions from herbivores. A.V.Klieve, D. Ouwerkerk

Poster Abstracts

Index

《第七届草食动物营养国际学术研讨会文集》 is my pleasure to welcome you to The Seventh International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores （ISNH-7）. The objectives of the International AdvisoryCommittee （IAC） are "to provide a forum for development， exchange and promotionof knowledge on the nutrition of terrestrial herbivores in captive and free-livingenvironments". Managing herbivores in commercial and wildlife systems is aboutmore than simply meeting nutrient requirements or manipulating production throughnutrition， important as that is. The meeting traverses a spectrum of research whichadvances the nutritional sciences through novel molecular approaches to problemswhile promoting their application in the management of the productivity and healthof herbivores and the mitigation their impact on the environment. Increasingly， thehuman health benefits and otherwise of animal food products are a consumerconcern and special recognition of the opportunities to enhance food quality throughanimal nutrition is a new feature of the scope of the plenary programme.
In the current global environment herbivores, because of their unique digestivesystems, come under intense scrutiny for their "contribution to greenhouse" gases.What often goes unstated is their ability to harvest biomass otherwise unavailable asa human food source without inputs of fossil fuel an attribute which surely securestheir importance for the future well-being of mankind.
The breadth of scientific expertise at this conference is a unique feature of theSymposium Series. Make the most of it, and enjoy the kindness and culture of ourhosts.
In this volume, you can find the plenary papers and poster abstracts presented atISNH-7. The 6-page short papers have been published in the Journal of Animal Feedand Sciences, as special issue （Volume 16, Supplement 2, 2007）.
On behalf of the International Advisory Committee, we wish to thank TheChinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine （CAAV） fororganizing this symposium in Beijing. The committee members also express theirspecial appreciation to Dr Qingxiang Meng and his colleagues at the ChinaAgricultural University to whom we are indebted for their magnificent work duringthe last 4 years in bringing this scientific programme and conference together. Finally, we wish to thank all the participants at the symposium for theircomments, questions and criticisms. Their input has resulted in significantimprovements in the papers presented in this symposium.

Proceedings of the，7th International Symposium on the,Nutrition of Herbivores,Herbivore Nutrition for the,Development of Efficient, Safe,and Sustainable Livestock Production.