Nutrient allowances for ruminants / J.D. Oldham -- Modelling nutrient supply and utilization by ruminants / M. Gill -- Nutrition-genotype interactions in dairy cattle / J.D. Oldham -- The metabolizable protein system for ruminants / A.J.F. Webster -- Amino acid nutrition of dairy cows: productive effects and animal requirements / H. Rulquin and R. Verite -- Predicting the nutritive value of silage / G.D. Barber and N.W. Offer -- Characterization of forages: appraisal of current practice and future opportunities / D.E. Beever -- Alternative approaches to the characterization of feedstuffs for ruminants / A.J.F. Webster, R.J. Dewhurst and C.J. Waters -- Characterization of carbohydrates in concentrates for dairy cows / H. DeVisser -- Predicting the metabolizable energy (ME) content of compounded feeds for ruminants / P.C. Thomas [and others] -- Characterization of nitrogen in ruminant feeds / B.R. Cottrill -- Implications of nutrition of animals on environmental pollution / S. Tamminga and M.W.A. Verstegen -- Effect of silage additives and wilting on animal performance / F.J. Gordon -- Optimizing compound feed use in dairy cows with high intakes of silage / D.G. Chamberlain, P.A. Martin and S. Robertson -- Nutrition and the implications of modifying the seasonality of farmed red deer / C.L. Adam -- The feeding and management of intensively reared bulls: conventional compared with organic / B.G. Lowman and M. Lewis -- Nutrition of intensively reared lambs / R. Jones, R. Knight, A. White -- Anion-cation balance and its effect on the performance of ruminants / E. Bullock -- Interaction between diet and the response of ruminants to metabolism modifiers / P.J. Buttery -- Rumen probiosis: the effects of novel micro-organisms on rumen fermentation and ruminant productivity / P.E.V. Williams and C.J. Newbold.