Animal Production Science

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Sheep performance and forage quality in grass-legume pastures with different canopy heights	39
Post-weaning performance of Nellore calves subject to different weaning methods	26
Utilising locally based energy supplements in leucaena and corn stover diets to increase the average daily gain of male Bali cattle and the income of smallholder farmers	25
A conceptual framework for modelling the role of livestock systems in sustainable diets and a sustainable planet	24
Milk yield and pasture nutrient availability associated with milking order in commercial dairy herds	19
Optimal sheep stocking rates for broad-acre farm businesses in Western Australia: a review	18
Early end of embryonic diapause and overall reproductive activity in roe deer populations from Bavaria	17
Immediate prepartum supplementation accelerates progesterone decline, boosting passive immunity transfer in tropically adapted beef cattle	14
Regional differences in beef cattle trade and movements associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia	13
Commercial equine production in New Zealand 4: welfare implications of the New Zealand production systems	13
Cassava wastewater can be safely used in the diet of feedlot lambs	13
A review of some aspects of goat meat quality: future research recommendations	13
An investigation of pathways for rebuilding Australia’s sheep flock	12
The effect of ammoniated maize stover inclusion in diets on growth performance, physiological characteristics and meat quality in lambs	12
Advances in prebiotics for poultry: role of the caeca and oligosaccharides	11
Effects of the organic selenium sources with/without probiotics on broiler chicken growth, meat quality and meat selenium content	11
Additivity and associative effects of metabolisable energy and ileal amino acid digestibility in broiler diets combining sorghum with different protein sources	11
Effects of different rearing systems on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality and serum biochemical parameters in Gaoyou ducks	11
Milk composition and health status of quarters adjacent to an on-farm protocol-treated clinical-mastitis gland	10
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Detection of heat-shock protein 70 in cow’s milk using ELISA	10
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Preparation process optimisation, structural characterisation and stability analysis of sika deer blood–selenium chelate	10
Geographic distribution of a missense mutation in the KRT38 gene in Chinese indigenous cattle breeds	9
Balancing future food security and greenhouse-gas emissions from animal-sourced protein foods in Southeast Asia	9

Sheep producers report docking tails shorter than recommended, knowledge–practice gap, and inconsistent length descriptions: an Australian survey	9
Reproductive performance of northern Australia beef herds. 5. Factors influencing risk of non-pregnancy	9
Risk management in pig farming: a reality or conjecture? A systematic review	9
Physicochemical, volatile compounds, oxidative and sensory profiles of the Longissimus muscle of six South African sheep breeds	9
Use of fat-coated or heat-treated soybean meal for partial replacement of solvent-extracted soybean meal in the diets of early lactation dairy cows	8
Meat acceptability of crossbred bulls fed a high-grain feedlot diet with antimicrobials and a blend of organic trace minerals and yeast	8
The relationship between milk oestradiol concentrations and oestrus activity in lactating Holstein–Friesian cows	8
Haemato-biochemical responses, worm burdens and Haemonchus contortus ultrastructural changes in lambs fed diets containing graded inclusion levels of sericea lespedeza	8
Technical and economic analysis, and benchmarking associated with dairy farms in Minas Geraiz, Brazil	8
Body temperature, heart rate, and locomotor activity measured by bio-loggers before and after a progestogen+eCG treatment for artificial insemination in sheep: effect of pregnancy	8
The economic optimum mob size at lambing for triplet-bearing Maternal and Merino ewes across southern Australia	8
Dentition can predict maturity in young Merino sheep	8
Genetic relationships among yearling fertility, body composition and weight traits in tropically adapted composite cattle	8
Investigating the trend of blood progesterone concentration following an injection of slow-release progesterone in ewes out of the breeding season	8
Breed and diet influence the ruminal bacterial community of sheep	7
Diversity and population structure of indigenous chicken in Congo, using MHC-linked microsatellite LEI0258	7
The Modular Breeding Program Simulator (MoBPS) allows efficient simulation of complex breeding programs	7
Exploring the impact of replacement rates on carbon footprint in south-east Australian dairy herds	7
Xylanase and phytase supplementation of Moringa oleifera diets: effects on the performance, egg quality and blood profile of laying hens	7
Lipid microspheres containing urea for slow release of non-protein N in ruminant diets	7
Folate metabolism and application of folic acid in ruminant production	7
Optimisation of branched-chain amino acid requirements for 15–21-day-old broiler chickens by using the Taguchi method	7
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Effects of time away from pasture on milk production and dry matter intake in dairy cattle	7
Reaction-norm analysis of neonatal lamb mortality suggests heritability varies with cold-stress: an example in the Elsenburg Merino selection lines	7
Effects of water-quality management mitigations on greenhouse-gas emissions from deer farms	7
Variability in practices for drinking water vaccination of meat chickens against infectious laryngotracheitis	7
Phenotypic causal networks between boar taint compounds measured in biopsies and carcasses	7
Evaluating the performance and profitability of varied combinations of brewery by-products for fattening pigs	7
Metagenomic comparison of the microbial load colonizing lucerne hay and gum astralagus (Astragalus glycyphyllos) in ruminants	7
SNP associations and genetic-parameter estimation for nose and hoof pigmentation in Corriedale sheep	7
Determinants of women small ruminant farmers’ perceptions of climate change impact in Northern Benin	7
Genetic parameters, genetic trends and selection response for gestation length and traits used as selection criteria in Angus breed in Brazil	7
Optimum inclusion rate of barley in diets of meat chickens: an incremental and practical program	6
Aquaculture nutrition in Australia: challenges and trends	6
Cattle welfare aspects of production systems in the tropics	6
Effects of germination on the energy value of cereal grains for livestock	6
Carcass traits and meat lipid profile of cull cows fed palm kernel cake	6
Anti-inflammatory effects of hard antler button extract on inflammation in vitro and prostatitis in vivo in mice	6
Selection for growth rate at pasture in Angus cattle results in heavier cattle that eat more in the feedlot	6
Animal husbandry and animal production activities in village institutes, an important educational institution for social and economic development in Türkiye	6
Development, implementation and evaluation of a hub and spoke multi-institutional national model to tertiary education in sheep and wool science	6
Reproductive performance of northern Australia beef herds. 6. Risk factors associated with reproductive losses between confirmed pregnancy and weaning	6
The effects of Alnus viridis encroachment in mountain pastures on the growth performance, carcass and meat quality of Dexter cattle and Engadine sheep	6
A semi-extensive management system reduces plasma testosterone concentrations, sexual behaviour and sperm production in male goats from subtropical latitudes	6
Sensor-based detection of parturition in beef cattle grazing in an extensive landscape: a case study using a commercial GNSS collar	6
Factors affecting length of productive life of Brazilian Holstein cows assessed using survival analysis	6
Genetic parameters for milk yield, casein percentage, subclinical mastitis incidence and sexual precocity using Bayesian linear and threshold models	6
Strain differences in effects of dietary supplementation with	5
Growth, body composition and body wrinkle are favourably correlated with reproductive performance in 2-8-year-old Merino sheep	5

Livestock guardian dog protection of free-range poultry from the red fox	5
Mechanical analysis of bovid horns and cervid antlers: a possible ultimate cause for antler casting	5
Revisiting tropical pasture intake: what has changed in 50 years?	5
Effects of methionine as free amino acid and dipeptide on productive efficiency and meat quality of broilers under acute and chronic heat stress	5
Nutritional strategies to support performance of commercial Pekin ducks exposed to a high-temperature thermal challenge over 29–41 days of age	5
Comparison of microbial diversity in rumen and small intestine of Xinong Saanen dairy goats using 16S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing	5
Role of plant bioactive compounds in improving ruminant resilience to heat stress challenge	5
Effects of residual feed intake on the growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality, and serum biochemical parameters of Cherry Valley ducks	5
Viability of bull epididymal spermatozoa recovered 24 hours post-mortem and diluted with Triladyl® and modified Ham’s F10	5
Dietary leucine deficiency alters performance, body composition, intestine microbiota, and immune response of female Cobb broilers	5
Strengthening the role of innovation brokers in the livestock advisory services system of Pakistan	5
Frequencies of β-casein variants and their influence on genetic merit for production traits in Holstein cows	5
Metabolic costs related to protein turnover, fat turnover, and rate of gain determine the energetically optimal size of growing sheep	5
Partial replacement of maize with cassava root–moringa leaf and vegetable oil concentrates in broiler finisher diets	5
Feeding extruded linseed or soybean and hay free-choice to Rubia Gallega young heifers does not substantially alter health-enhancing fatty acids in meat	5
Selection strategies for beef cow size and condition	5
Managing predators on livestock producing properties in South Africa and Western Australia – producer perspectives	5
GPS-derived foraging behaviour of red deer and liveweight gain of red deer and wapiti crossbred sire lines on contrasting winter forage types	5
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Sustainable animal agriculture for developing countries – a brief history	5
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Management tools for genetic diversity in an isolated population of the honeybee (	5
A review of extended lactation in dairy cows managed in high-input and pasture-based farming systems	5
Strategies to minimise the impact of climate change and weather variability on the welfare of dairy cattle in New Zealand and Australia	5
Optimisation of antioxidant, antimicrobial and metal-chelating properties of bioactive peptides from blood wastes by enzymatic hydrolysis	5
Can a return to small ruminants increase profitability and drought resilience in the semiarid rangelands of northern Australia?	5
The effect of high monacolin K red yeast rice supplement on performance, egg quality, egg yolk cholesterol, plasma lipids and enzyme profile of laying hens	5
Economic analysis of benefits from grazing unharvested standing lupin crops in a mixed farm enterprise in south-west Western Australia	5
Physical treatment and protease or probiotic supplementation and feather meal digestibility by broilers	5
Corrigendum to: Feeding behaviour of beef cattle in intensive finishing on pasture and supplemented with different additives	5
Organic side streams (bioproducts) as substrate for black soldier fly (	4
Determination of ewe behaviour around lambing time and prediction of parturition 7 days prior to lambing by tri-axial accelerometer sensors in an extensive farming system	4
Proximity sensors provide an accurate alternative for measuring maternal pedigree of lambs in Australian sheep flocks under commercial conditions	4
Calcium and magnesium supplementation of ewes grazing pasture did not improve lamb survival	4
Multi-residue analysis of eight veterinary drugs in buffalo milk using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry†	4
Preliminary material	4
Dietary supplementation with tryptophan increases the plasma concentrations of tryptophan, kynurenine, and melatonin in Yili mares	4
Increasing the proportion of Leucaena leucocephala in hay-fed beef steers reduces methane yield	4
Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – Australia: people and circumstances shaping this symposium’s successful first 50 years	4
Thermal response in Boer goats differing in coat colour	4
Effect of animal and diet parameters on methane emissions for pasture-fed cattle	4
Utilization of oocytes from closely related domestic species for interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer in gaur embryo production	4
Effects of melatonin implants on reproductive performance in sheep: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
The genetic and phenotypic associations between lamb survival outcomes and other traits recorded at lambing	4
Comparison of two software programs for fitting one- and two-compartment age-dependent non-linear digestion models for ruminants: empirical data	4
Phosphorus supplementation improves the growth and reproductive performance of female Brahman cattle grazing phosphorus-deficient pastures in the Victoria River District, Northern Territory, Australia	4
An industry survey on litter management and re-use practices of Australian meat chicken growers	4
Nutritional characteristics estimated by faecal protein in cattle fed with heterogeneous natural grassland	4
Nutrient intake, body weight changes, digestibility and nitrogen utilisation of West African dwarf goats fed Pleurotus tuber-regium treated cassava root sievate based diets	4
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry. 1. Chicken meat production	4
Early-life cold stress and broiler breeder age: effects on metabolism and performance in broiler chicks	4
Effects of transport stress on gene expression and biomarkers in broilers with and without an anti-stress supplement	4
Integrating climate-change adaptation and greenhouse-gas mitigation in the livestock industry: a review	4
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Indicators of functional integrity in production animals	4
A perspective on animal welfare of grazing ruminants and its relationship with sustainability	4
Productive, hematological and physiological responses of Barbarine ewe lambs subjected to nutritional challenge under hot conditions	4
Climate-smart approaches for enhancing livestock productivity, human nutrition, and livelihoods in low- and middle-income countries	4
Condition for reuse and sharing	4
The Sustainability Index: a new tool to breed for reduced greenhouse-gas emissions intensity in Australian dairy cattle	4
Lemongrass essential oil reduces Mombasa grass silage gas losses, fibre content and pH after aerobic exposure	4
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Fermented bed flooring systems enhance profitability in smallholder native pig production	4
Production and performance of commercial beef breeding females in northern Australia. 4. Factors influencing the occurrence of lactating cows becoming pregnant within 4 months of calving	4
Benchmarking smallholder goat enterprises and practices in central Lao PDR and farmer response to a research and development program	4
Duration and sex-dependent effect of betaine supplementation on growth performance and carcass backfat of finisher pigs	3
Energy intake and nutritional balance of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in special Bavarian landscapes in southern Germany	3
Animal and plant-sourced nutrition: complementary not competitive	3
A simplified approach for producing Tier 2 enteric-methane emission factors based on East African smallholder farm data	3
Meta-analysis of prevalence and associated risk factors for lameness in dairy cattle across tropical Asian nations	3
Insights into the pathogenesis of catastrophic spontaneous humeral fractures in first-lactation dairy cows	3
The role of black soldier fly larval protein and fat in companion-animal nutrition: challenges and opportunities from an industry perspective	3
Shelter and shade for grazing sheep: implications for animal welfare and production and for landscape health	3
Oxidative stability of milk and expression of oxidative stress response, lipogenic-related, and IGF-1 genes in early-lactation cows supplemented with peanut and sunflower oils	3
Effects of maternal dietary selenium sources on growth performance, meat quality, antioxidant status and the immune response of broiler progeny	3
Inclusion of corn ethanol byproducts in non-forage diets and their effects on feed intake, digestibility, growth performance, and blood parameters of young Nellore bulls	3
Breeding objectives and economic value of important traits of Abergelle goats kept under a smallholder production system in Tigray, Ethiopia	3
How much soil do cattle ingest? A review	3
Dietary microbial 6-phytase concentration effects broiler growth, short-chain fatty acid profile, and intestinal histomorphology	3
A novel 22-bp InDel in the intron 1 of the IGF1 gene is associated with slaughtering performance of Chinese Jiaji duck	3

Abstracts from the Proceedings of the 34th Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Animal Sciences	3
Competence to thrive: resilience as an indicator of positive health and positive welfare in animals	3
Success rate, genetic improvement and economic analysis of artificial insemination delivery models for smallholder pig production systems	3
A comparison of meat composition, tenderness and the fatty acid profile of three muscles from Holstein-Friesian bulls from production system resulting in final ages of either <16 or 19 months	3
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Induction of hypocalcaemia and evaluation of reticuloruminal motility using a three-axis accelerometer	3
Meat production traits of Angora goats. 2. Meat quality characteristics and fatty acid composition of meat from intact and castrated kids	3
The influence of genetic and environmental factors on performance of Brahman heifers grazing pastures in northern Australia	3
Associations of digestibility with phenotypic and genetic variation in methane production in Angus cattle	3
Effect of various chemical processing on nutritional value of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) residues determined via in vitro, in situ, and X-ray powder diffraction techniques	3
Selection for yearling growth rate in Angus cattle results in bigger cows that eat more	3
Genetic parameters for milk production and body-conformation traits in Dairy Gir cattle	3
Trends in the environmental impacts of the Australian pork industry	3
Effects of micronised bamboo powder on growth performance, intestinal development, caecal chyme microflora and metabolic pathway of broilers aged 24–45 days	3
Replacing bacitracin zinc antibiotic with symbiotic additive in pullet diet	3
Use of 15N abundance in tail hair to predict feed efficiency and response to a urea supplement in young cattle fed a tropical grass forage	3
Human resource management practices on Irish dairy farms: an exploratory study	3
Platforms to accelerate biomanufacturing of enzyme and probiotic animal feed supplements: discovery considerations and manufacturing implications	3
Influence of genotype on carcass composition, metric traits of the digestive system and leg bones of laying hens after the egg-production season	3
The role of goat production in smallholder systems in Lao PDR: implications for improving productivity and scaling up production	3
A review of factors affecting the welfare of dairy calves in pasture-based production systems	3
Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon mitigation methods in probiotic-fed broiler production	3
Dietary energy level and β2-adrenergic agonist supplementation on growth performance, dietary energy, carcass traits, and visceral mass of hairy lambs	3
Environmental impacts of the Australian poultry industry. 1. Chicken meat production	3
Growth rate of male Bali cattle (Bos javanicus) fed leucaena and rice straw diets with increasing levels of cassava	3
Interactions of diet and circadian rhythm to achieve precision nutrition of poultry	3
Frequency of narasin intake affects ruminal metabolism and growth of lambs	3
Improving accuracy and stability of genetic predictions for dairy cow survival	3
Reproductive performance of northern Australia beef herds. 7. Risk factors affecting mortality rates of pregnant cows	3
Importance of circadian rhythms in dairy nutrition	3
Semen quality, testosterone values, and testicular and accessory gland parameters in rams receiving sustained stimulation with low doses of buserelin	3
Effects of feeding fodder beet or kale in winter to dams and their heifer offspring on the heifer growth and production	3
Mobilisation and replenishment of phosphorus reserves in Bos indicus cows. 2. Mature lactating cows fed diets deficient or adequate in phosphorus	2
Regional heat stress maps for grazing dairy cows in New Zealand under climate change	2
Motivations for Swiss veal farmers to adopt calf health management strategies that enable reduction in antibiotic use	2
Vitamin K: history, metabolism, and nutrition in the horse	2
Greenhouse-gas abatement on Australian dairy farms: what are the options?	2
Effects of physical form and wheat straw level in the diet on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, rumen papillae morphometry, and carcass characteristics in Lohi lambs	2
The role of animal welfare in improving the future of farming	2
On the value of adding commercial data into the reference population of the Angus SteerSELECT genomic tool	2
Early lactation performance of primiparous dairy heifers reared with differing levels of early-life complexity	2
Foreword: Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – Australia 2021	2
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Energy sources in diets for lambs in confinement	2
Pregnancy scanning of sheep in southern Australia. 1. Scanning for litter size was profitable across all modelled regions, times of lambing and genotypes	2
Multienzyme complex in rations containing whole rice bran for newly weaned piglets	2
Fleece rot and dermatophilosis (lumpy wool) in sheep: opportunities and challenges for new vaccines	2
Effects of supplementation with different concentrations of L-citrulline on the plasma amino acid concentration, reproductive hormone concentrations, antioxidant capacity, and reproductive performance	2
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A method for implementing methane breeding values in Australian dairy cattle	2
Validation of body condition score based on subcutaneous fat thickness measurements in primiparous Gyr cows	2
Cold stress changes the composition and function of microbiota in the content and mucosa of the ileum and colon in piglets	2
Dermatophilosis (lumpy wool) in sheep: a review of pathogenesis, aetiology, resistance and vaccines	2
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Liveweight gain and metabolisable energy requirements of young entire male Australian Rangeland goats in response to supplementation	2
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Production and performance of commercial beef breeding females in northern Australia. 4. Factors influencing the occurrence of lactating cows becoming pregnant withi	2
Growth and reproductive performance of broiler breeders reared to puberty under the open-sided housing in a tropical environment	2
The effects of parasitism on ewes for prime lamb production in western Victoria	2
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Carcass characteristics, colour and eating quality of beef from late maturing suckler bulls finished at pasture with or without concentrate supplementation or indoors on a high concentrate ration	2
Utilising Gliricidia sepium leaf meal as a protein substitute in cassava-based supplements to increase average daily gain of Ongole bulls and income of smallholder farmers	2
Effects of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles on the vitrification of bovine metaphase II oocytes	2
Effect of early gut microbiota intervention using pre-designed poultry microbiota substitute on broiler health and performance	2
Disease as a constraint on goat production in Lao PDR and trade to neighbouring countries: a review	2
Genomic analysis of purebred and crossbred Angus cattle demonstrates opportunity for multi-breed evaluation	2
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Possible relationships between the physical conditions of cattle and the occurrence of structural modifications of their coat hair	2
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Shade effect on behaviour, physiology, performance, and carcass weight of heat-stressed feedlot steers in humid subtropical area	2
The use of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa) on farm animal’s productivity, health and reproductive performance: a review	2
Extended Abstracts of Short Presentations at Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – Australia 2021	2
The use of Hereford sires over mature Angus dams can add value to Angus cattle herds	2
Microbiome engineering to combat antimicrobial resistance and upsurge productivity of food animals: a systematic review	2
Parameters influencing the maturation of bovine oocyte: a review	2
Productive and reproductive consequences of crossbreeding Dohne Merino with Corriedale in Uruguayan sheep production systems	2
Genetic evaluation of lactation persistency in the Gyr breed by using a two-trait random regression model	2
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Cow age, resilience and productivity of cow–calf systems	2
Investigation of methods for inclusion of systematic environmental effects in weaning and post-weaning weights for meat sheep in large-scale genetic evaluation	2
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Legume grain-based supplements in dairy sheep diet: effects on milk yield, composition and fatty acid profile	2
Enhancing gut health and performance of grower-finisher pigs: assessing the efficacy of the mixture of microencapsulated essential oils and saponins	2
Grazing beef cows identified as efficient using a nutrition model partition more energy to lactation	2
Mating weight and condition score are both good predictors of lambing potential for young Merino and Border Leicester Merino ewes across different environments and years in Australia	2
Perspectives on progression of transboundary disease, one health and ecosystem health management in the Greater Mekong Subregion and beyond	2
Can measurements of foraging behaviour predict variation in weight gains of free-ranging cattle?	2
Effects of by-product feed inclusion in a grass hay-based diet on nutrient disappearance, total gas and methane production, rumen fermentation and protozoal populations in an artificial rumen (RUSITEC	2
Biological additives improved qualities,	2
Validation of hand-held refractometers for assessing Merino ewe colostrum and neonatal lamb serum	2
Average daily gain in lambs grazing mixed annual forage species compared with single species and relationship to feed on offer	2
Construction of the miRNA–mRNA regulatory networks for both the cartilage formation and remodel zones in the antler tip in sika deer (	2
Impact of feeding volumes on performance and bone characteristics of Embrapa 051 laying hens housed in a cage-free system	2
Meta-analysis of garlic in small ruminant nutrition: dry matter intake, rumen fermentability, nutrient digestibility, and blood biochemical indices	2
Corrigendum to: Analysing the effects of feeding black soldier fly on broiler growth performance: a meta-analysis	2
Efficacy of dietary quercetin supplementation with high-energy diet model in broilers: implications on zootechnical parameters, serum biochemistry, antioxidant status, patho-morphology and gene expres	2
Comparison of equations to predict the metabolisable energy content as applied to the vertical strata and plant parts of forage sorghum (	2