""INTRODUCTION""""FEED INTAKE CONTROL MECHANISMS""; ""Glucostatic Theory""; ""Thermostatic Theory""; ""Lipostatic Theory""; ""Aminostatic Theory""; ""Ionostatic Theory""; ""Role of Brain Structure""; ""Summary""; ""ESTIMATING FEED INTAKE OF LAYING HENS""; ""ESTIMATING FEED INTAKE OF BROILERS""; ""CALCULATIONS OF DRY MATTER INTAKE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Dairy Cattle ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""LACTATION RESPONSE""; ""LIMITING FORAGE INTAKE""; ""COMPUTING ESTIMATES OF DRY MATTER INTAKE""; ""Environmental Temperature""; ""Metabolites""; ""Meals and Meal Patterns""
""Grinding and Pelleting""""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 Beef Cattle ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS""; ""Body Size and Production Demands""; ""Mature Size and Sex""; ""Age""; ""Genetic Variance""; ""Breed Type""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS""; ""Temperature and Weather""; ""Photoperiod and Timing of Feeding""; ""Forage Availability for Grazing Cattle""; ""DIETARY FACTORS""; ""Diet Water Content""; ""Degree of Fermentation""; ""Dietary Protein""; ""Feed Processing""; ""AN EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING INTAKE BY BEEF CATTLE""; ""Limitations""; ""Limitations""
""Limitations""""Limitations""; ""Limitations""; ""Limitations""; ""Limitations""; ""Limitations""; ""SUMMARY OF FACTORS INFLUENCING INTAKE OF BEEF CATTLE""; ""APPLICATION OF EQUATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS""; ""Yearlings""; ""Calves""; ""Beef Cows""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 Sheep ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PHYSIOLOGICAL AND DIETARY FACTORS""; ""PREDICTING DRY MATTER INTAKE OF SHEEP""; ""EVALUATION OF EQUATIONS TO PREDICT INTAKE OF SHEEP""; ""MANAGEMENT TO MAXIMIZE INTAKE IN SHEEP""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Index""