If human diets are to improve, greater use must be made of animal protein—of milk and meat, with their accompanying vitamins, minerals and fats. The changes that occur when animal feeds—grass, compounded feedingstuffs and synthetics—are converted by ruminants and non-ruminants are therefore of great interest, not only in themselves or as a guide to the correct feeding of the animal, but as a step towards meeting pressing needs.
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