Underutilized resources as animal feedstuffs

In 1978, the Committee on Animal Nutrition (CAN) of the National
Research Council (NRC) convened a task force of scientists to examine the
available literature on the feeding of "exotic" or underutilized feed-stuffs to
food-producing animals and to recommend to the CAN whether a report on the
subject would be warranted. Subsequently, a CAN Subcommittee on Feeding
Underutilized Feedstuffs to Animals was appointed to include expertise in
animal nutrition, animal waste recycling, food science and technology, crop
residues, feedstuffs from wood, and biochemical engineering.
The subcommittee met on September 6-7, 1978, in Washington, D.C.;
December 3-5, 1979, in Chicago, Illinois; and June 17-19, 1980, at the NAS
Summer Studies Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
This report was written by the CAN Subcommittee on Feeding Underutilized
Feedstuffs to Animals, each chapter being prepared by one or two
members of the subcommittee; however, the entire document has been
approved by all members.
During the preparation of its report, the subcommittee received valuable
assistance from Robert C. Albin; W. Brady Anthony; Dudley D. Culley, Jr.;
Charles C. Dunlap; Marcel Faber; D. M. Graham; James F. Hentges, Jr.; L. D.
Kamstra; John H. Litchfield; C. Reed Richardson; Lewis W. Smith; Jack C.
Taylor; Peter J. Van Soest; Howard G. Walker; and R. J. Young.