The Ruminant Nutrition System Volume 1 (soft cover)
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 624
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 624
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Note: This is Volume I of a two-volume set. Volume II is also available
The purpose of the Ruminant Nutrition System (RNS) software is to integrate and apply current scientific knowledge and to encourage creative and innovative ideas to solve practical feeding and nutrition problems. This is accomplished by using the accumulated scientific knowledge to establish relational and conceptual links among key variables and quantify their values.
The foremost goal in developing the RNS was to provide a framework that could be used for incorporating and implementing new scientific knowledge and submodels to more accurately predict nutrient requirements and biological values for ruminants currently used in food production. The ultimate purpose is to improve animal productivity and profitability while reducing nutrient excretion per unit of production.
This book is intended for teaching and research by faculty and graduate students at the master or doctoral levels in life sciences, animal science, wildlife and fisheries sciences, ecosystem science and management, veterinary medicine, and biology and zoology.
This book will also be of use to practicing nutritionists who are seeking advanced information on applied ruminant nutrition (in cattle, sheep, and goats) and to understand biological and nutritional modeling of nutrient requirements by ruminants and nutrients supplied by feedstuffs undergoing ruminal fermentation, postruminal digestion, and absorption.
The goals of this book on ruminant nutrition science are to document information, share knowledge, stimulate thinking and discussions, provoke criticism to build a better system, challenge the system with new discoveries, and foster learning by young students and teaching of scientists for the future.
Interested in a hard cover version? CLICK HERE
Luis Tedeschi is a professor in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy Engineering and Master of Science degree in Animal and Forage Sciences from the University of São Paulo (Piracicaba, Brazil), and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Animal Science from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY). His research focuses on the integration of accumulated scientific knowledge of ruminant nutrition into mathematical models to solve contemporary problems. The nutrition models he has developed are being used to develop more efficient production systems while reducing resource use and impact on the environment. He has published more than 250 articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters and presented at more than 80 modeling nutrition conferences and workshops worldwide. Tedeschi is a Texas A&M AgriLife Research Faculty Fellow and recipient of the 2011 Sir Frederick McMaster Fellowship and the 2013 J. William Fulbright Scholarship. He received the 2017 American Feed Industry Association in Ruminant Nutrition Research Award and the 2019 Texas A&M University Chancellor EDGES Fellowships. He served on the committee of the 2016 Nutrient Requirement of Beef Cattle by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Danny Fox is a professor emeritus of the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University. He received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from The Ohio State University. His 35 years of research focused on the development of data, methods, models, and computer programs to accurately predict cattle nutrient requirements, as well as nutrients derived from feeds to meet cattle requirements in unique production situations worldwide. His team at Cornell developed the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System cattle nutrition model and software, which has users in more than 42 countries, for formulating rations for beef and dairy cattle. Fox has been a member of numerous national committees, including National Research Council committees on Animal Nutrition, Feed Intake, and the 1996 Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle. His growth and energy reserves models were adapted by both the 1996 Beef Cattle National Research Council committee and the 2001 Dairy Cattle National Research Council committee. Fox received numerous awards during his 35-year career. In 2019, he was inducted into The Ohio State University Animal Sciences Hall of Fame and received the Plains Nutrition Council Legends of Feedlot Nutrition Award.
“…it is an impressive work and very useful for student and also for more experienced scientists. I hope to have sometimes time to read it thoroughly and extracts ideas for improving Karoline model… Congratulations of such impressive work.”
Pekka Huhtanen, Professor; Swedish University Agriculture Science, Sweden. November 2016
“… this book is a great achievement and is definitely the most advanced available on nutritional modeling and feeding systems. It is much more complete than the sum of the various NRC books and it provides a lot of new and integrated information. What I liked a lot is your ability in explaining all the biology behind the phenomena, and linking it to the many mathematical models described and their development over time. The introductory historical part is also unique, I am not aware of any other similar description of the integrated history of nutritional models. All this will be extremely valuable for many categories of scientists and professionals: researcher specialized in the area of nutritional modelling, researchers in ruminant nutrition with focus on other areas, Master and PhD students, whom will find a lot of knowledge, documentation and inspiration to develop their own research, professional that want to understand what they do.”
Antonello Cannas, Professor; University of Sassari, Italy. January 2017
“Congratulations on a task very well done. I have cracked open your new book and only wish I could go on vacation from my day job for a few years to digest all of the scientific knowledge you have poured into it… I know and have an appreciation for all the hard work the both of you plus others within your teams have done thru the years and to get it documented and made available for others to use and learn from has to be very fulfilling and rewarding. Job very well done… I did a quick analysis of approximately how many cattle we have sorted with your models thru the years starting in 1994… It would be safe to say over 10 million head sorted with various versions of the Cornell Value Discovery System (CVDS) under our multiple packaged processes… That is a fair sum of money your base scientific technology has put in our client’s pockets thru the last 24 years… I know many other business entities are using your work in various production systems. You and your associates have had a huge positive impact on the efficiency of production within the cattle industry… We (PCC, PCC clients, and our business partners) have identified numerous research and development projects we plan to develop with your models being a key element of technology pack-aged processes for commercial cattle operations. We plan for the processes to be simple to implement, run at the speed of commerce, improve production efficiency, produce high quality beef and add more profitability to the enterprise. (My simple definition of Sustainability)”
Max D. Garrison, DVM, CEO; Performance Cattle Company, LLC, Amarillo. March 2017
“This book provides an excellent reference to the structure, philosophy and history behind the original Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System project and its further evolution and expansion into the Ruminant Nutrition System. This effort successfully integrated knowledge from a wide variety of distinguished scientists and disciplines into a cohesive framework around which animal scientists can extend their understanding and apply the embedded concepts to real world situations. The significance of that achievement cannot be overstated, and in my humble opinion, this work describes the agricultural equivalent of the Manhattan project. While the mathematics in some sections may not be for the faint of heart, this book represents a comprehensive ‘state of the art’ of our current understanding of ruminant nutrition in very fine detail. Even the most seasoned of animal scientists will not be able to get through this book in one pass, not so much due to difficulty, but because it serves to stimulate the generation of new ideas to move the science forward in such a positive way.”
Michael C. Barry, CEO; AgModels LLC, Tully, NY. April 2017
"Drs. Tedeschi and Fox have “broadened the Cornell model and integrated it with related fields of biology, a nutritional system with wide application in the nutritional sciences.”
Peter J. Van Soest, Professor Emeritus; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. September 2017
“The Ruminant Nutrition System is an exceedingly worthwhile tool for all scientists interested in physiology and nutrition of ruminants. It is highly recommendable for teaching and research of graduate students at the master and PhD levels in animal sciences, but also in life sciences, wildlife and fisheries sciences, ecosystem sciences and management, veterinary medicine as well as biology and zoology. Moreover, the book will also be valuable to practicing nutritionists who are looking for advanced information on applied ruminant nutrition and wish to understand biological and nutritional modelling of nutrient requirements by ruminants and nutrients supplied by feedstuffs undergoing ruminal fermentation, postruminal digestion, and nutrient absorption."
Gerhard Flachowsky, Professor, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Braunschweig, Germany. September 2017
“The Blue Book. The Ruminant Nutrition System describes a nutrition model in form of a computer program predicting nutrient requirements important for food producing farm animals. In response to the growing importance of artificial intelligence for agricultural purposes Luis O. Tedeschi and Danny G. Fox revised and expanded the earlier versions of their Ruminant Nutrition System. The third and enhanced edition comprises two volumes. Volume 1, the “Blue Book” includes An Applied Model for Predicting Nutrient Requirements and Feed Utilization in Ruminants (RNS). Volume 2, the “Red Book” contains The Tables of Equations and Coding (RNS TEC). The Blue Book discusses the utility of nutrient models, their historical perspectives and the contemporary prospects. Main focusses are on modelling the dietary supply and animal requirements of energy and nutrients. Finally, the development of feed libraries is presented. Recent scientific developments and pivotal discoveries were incorporated and improve the readers´ overall understanding of the Ruminant Nutrition System as a whole. The updated Ruminant Nutrition System is an excellent advancement of its precursors. The books will serve as a highly relevant tool for teaching and research and will usefully support graduate students and scientists interested and active in ruminant nutrition, health and/or physiology."
Gerhard Flachowsky, Professor, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI), Federal Research Institute of Animal Health, Braunschweig, Germany. June 2021
Note: This is Volume I of a two-volume set. Volume II is also available
The purpose of the Ruminant Nutrition System (RNS) software is to integrate and apply current scientific knowledge and to encourage creative and innovative ideas to solve practical feeding and nutrition problems. This is accomplished by using the accumulated scientific knowledge to establish relational and conceptual links among key variables and quantify their values.
The foremost goal in developing the RNS was to provide a framework that could be used for incorporating and implementing new scientific knowledge and submodels to more accurately predict nutrient requirements and biological values for ruminants currently used in food production. The ultimate purpose is to improve animal productivity and profitability while reducing nutrient excretion per unit of production.
This book is intended for teaching and research by faculty and graduate students at the master or doctoral levels in life sciences, animal science, wildlife and fisheries sciences, ecosystem science and management, veterinary medicine, and biology and zoology.
This book will also be of use to practicing nutritionists who are seeking advanced information on applied ruminant nutrition (in cattle, sheep, and goats) and to understand biological and nutritional modeling of nutrient requirements by ruminants and nutrients supplied by feedstuffs undergoing ruminal fermentation, postruminal digestion, and absorption.
The goals of this book on ruminant nutrition science are to document information, share knowledge, stimulate thinking and discussions, provoke criticism to build a better system, challenge the system with new discoveries, and foster learning by young students and teaching of scientists for the future.
Interested in a hard cover version? CLICK HERE
Luis Tedeschi is a professor in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy Engineering and Master of Science degree in Animal and Forage Sciences from the University of São Paulo (Piracicaba, Brazil), and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Animal Science from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY). His research focuses on the integration of accumulated scientific knowledge of ruminant nutrition into mathematical models to solve contemporary problems. The nutrition models he has developed are being used to develop more efficient production systems while reducing resource use and impact on the environment. He has published more than 250 articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters and presented at more than 80 modeling nutrition conferences and workshops worldwide. Tedeschi is a Texas A&M AgriLife Research Faculty Fellow and recipient of the 2011 Sir Frederick McMaster Fellowship and the 2013 J. William Fulbright Scholarship. He received the 2017 American Feed Industry Association in Ruminant Nutrition Research Award and the 2019 Texas A&M University Chancellor EDGES Fellowships. He served on the committee of the 2016 Nutrient Requirement of Beef Cattle by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Danny Fox is a professor emeritus of the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University. He received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from The Ohio State University. His 35 years of research focused on the development of data, methods, models, and computer programs to accurately predict cattle nutrient requirements, as well as nutrients derived from feeds to meet cattle requirements in unique production situations worldwide. His team at Cornell developed the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System cattle nutrition model and software, which has users in more than 42 countries, for formulating rations for beef and dairy cattle. Fox has been a member of numerous national committees, including National Research Council committees on Animal Nutrition, Feed Intake, and the 1996 Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle. His growth and energy reserves models were adapted by both the 1996 Beef Cattle National Research Council committee and the 2001 Dairy Cattle National Research Council committee. Fox received numerous awards during his 35-year career. In 2019, he was inducted into The Ohio State University Animal Sciences Hall of Fame and received the Plains Nutrition Council Legends of Feedlot Nutrition Award.
“…it is an impressive work and very useful for student and also for more experienced scientists. I hope to have sometimes time to read it thoroughly and extracts ideas for improving Karoline model… Congratulations of such impressive work.”
Pekka Huhtanen, Professor; Swedish University Agriculture Science, Sweden. November 2016
“… this book is a great achievement and is definitely the most advanced available on nutritional modeling and feeding systems. It is much more complete than the sum of the various NRC books and it provides a lot of new and integrated information. What I liked a lot is your ability in explaining all the biology behind the phenomena, and linking it to the many mathematical models described and their development over time. The introductory historical part is also unique, I am not aware of any other similar description of the integrated history of nutritional models. All this will be extremely valuable for many categories of scientists and professionals: researcher specialized in the area of nutritional modelling, researchers in ruminant nutrition with focus on other areas, Master and PhD students, whom will find a lot of knowledge, documentation and inspiration to develop their own research, professional that want to understand what they do.”
Antonello Cannas, Professor; University of Sassari, Italy. January 2017
“Congratulations on a task very well done. I have cracked open your new book and only wish I could go on vacation from my day job for a few years to digest all of the scientific knowledge you have poured into it… I know and have an appreciation for all the hard work the both of you plus others within your teams have done thru the years and to get it documented and made available for others to use and learn from has to be very fulfilling and rewarding. Job very well done… I did a quick analysis of approximately how many cattle we have sorted with your models thru the years starting in 1994… It would be safe to say over 10 million head sorted with various versions of the Cornell Value Discovery System (CVDS) under our multiple packaged processes… That is a fair sum of money your base scientific technology has put in our client’s pockets thru the last 24 years… I know many other business entities are using your work in various production systems. You and your associates have had a huge positive impact on the efficiency of production within the cattle industry… We (PCC, PCC clients, and our business partners) have identified numerous research and development projects we plan to develop with your models being a key element of technology pack-aged processes for commercial cattle operations. We plan for the processes to be simple to implement, run at the speed of commerce, improve production efficiency, produce high quality beef and add more profitability to the enterprise. (My simple definition of Sustainability)”
Max D. Garrison, DVM, CEO; Performance Cattle Company, LLC, Amarillo. March 2017
“This book provides an excellent reference to the structure, philosophy and history behind the original Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System project and its further evolution and expansion into the Ruminant Nutrition System. This effort successfully integrated knowledge from a wide variety of distinguished scientists and disciplines into a cohesive framework around which animal scientists can extend their understanding and apply the embedded concepts to real world situations. The significance of that achievement cannot be overstated, and in my humble opinion, this work describes the agricultural equivalent of the Manhattan project. While the mathematics in some sections may not be for the faint of heart, this book represents a comprehensive ‘state of the art’ of our current understanding of ruminant nutrition in very fine detail. Even the most seasoned of animal scientists will not be able to get through this book in one pass, not so much due to difficulty, but because it serves to stimulate the generation of new ideas to move the science forward in such a positive way.”
Michael C. Barry, CEO; AgModels LLC, Tully, NY. April 2017
"Drs. Tedeschi and Fox have “broadened the Cornell model and integrated it with related fields of biology, a nutritional system with wide application in the nutritional sciences.”
Peter J. Van Soest, Professor Emeritus; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. September 2017
“The Ruminant Nutrition System is an exceedingly worthwhile tool for all scientists interested in physiology and nutrition of ruminants. It is highly recommendable for teaching and research of graduate students at the master and PhD levels in animal sciences, but also in life sciences, wildlife and fisheries sciences, ecosystem sciences and management, veterinary medicine as well as biology and zoology. Moreover, the book will also be valuable to practicing nutritionists who are looking for advanced information on applied ruminant nutrition and wish to understand biological and nutritional modelling of nutrient requirements by ruminants and nutrients supplied by feedstuffs undergoing ruminal fermentation, postruminal digestion, and nutrient absorption."
Gerhard Flachowsky, Professor, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Braunschweig, Germany. September 2017
“The Blue Book. The Ruminant Nutrition System describes a nutrition model in form of a computer program predicting nutrient requirements important for food producing farm animals. In response to the growing importance of artificial intelligence for agricultural purposes Luis O. Tedeschi and Danny G. Fox revised and expanded the earlier versions of their Ruminant Nutrition System. The third and enhanced edition comprises two volumes. Volume 1, the “Blue Book” includes An Applied Model for Predicting Nutrient Requirements and Feed Utilization in Ruminants (RNS). Volume 2, the “Red Book” contains The Tables of Equations and Coding (RNS TEC). The Blue Book discusses the utility of nutrient models, their historical perspectives and the contemporary prospects. Main focusses are on modelling the dietary supply and animal requirements of energy and nutrients. Finally, the development of feed libraries is presented. Recent scientific developments and pivotal discoveries were incorporated and improve the readers´ overall understanding of the Ruminant Nutrition System as a whole. The updated Ruminant Nutrition System is an excellent advancement of its precursors. The books will serve as a highly relevant tool for teaching and research and will usefully support graduate students and scientists interested and active in ruminant nutrition, health and/or physiology."
Gerhard Flachowsky, Professor, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI), Federal Research Institute of Animal Health, Braunschweig, Germany. June 2021