An international scientific journal covering research on animal nutrition, feeding

and technology
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
C. de Blas, Departamento de Produccin Animal, E.T.S.I. Agronomos, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain
CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
V. Mlambo, Makeng, South Africa
P. Morel, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
A.K. Patra, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, India
STATISTICAL ADVISORS
J. Craigon, Nottingham, UK
J.G. Fadel, Davis, CA, USA

T.R. Famula, Davis, CA, USA

M.A. Ibez, Madrid, Spain

SENIOR EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

V. Bampidis, Thessaloniki, Greece
R. Campbell, Willaston, Australia
D. Colombatto, Buenos Aires, Argentina
J.W. Cone, Wageningen, The Netherlands
M. Fondevila, Zaragoza, Spain

K.M. Koenig, Alberta, Canada

C.J. Lopez-Bote, Madrid, Spain
G. Mateos, Madrid, Spain
F.N. Owens, Johnston, IA, USA
D.L. Palmquist, Wooster, OH, USA

V. Ravindran, Palmerston North, New Zealand

M. Spanghero, Udine, Italy
K.-H. Sdekum, Bonn, Germany
B. Svihus, s, Norway

BOOK REVIEW EDITOR

G. Flachowsky, Braunschweig, Germany
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
H. Petit, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
E. Prestlkken, s, Norway
S.D. Rawles, Stuttgart, AR, USA
M. Rinne, Jokioinen, Finland
C. Rymer, Reading, UK
P. Selle Camden, Australia
K. Shingfield Jokioinen, Finland
K. Swanson, Urbana, IL, USA
M. Swift Lacombe, Canada
J. Takahashi, Obihiro, Japan
V. Vahjen, Berlin, Germany
M. Viana, Ensenada, Mexico
H. Volden, s, Norway
R.J. Wallace, Aberdeen, UK
P. Wolf Hannover, Germany
W. Yang, Lethbridge, AB, Canada

W. Hendriks, Wageningen, The Netherlands

P. Hoffman, Marshfield, WI, USA
S.S.O. Hung, Davis, CA, USA
K.F. Kalscheur, Brookings, SD, USA
J. Kowalczyk, Jablonna, Poland
U. Krishnamoorthy, Bangalore, India
H. van Laar, Boxmeer, The Netherlands
M.D. Lindemann, Lexington, KY, USA
J. Liu, Hangzhou, China
J. Lowe Isle of Wight, UK
J. Miron, Bet-Dagan, Israel
B. Mullan, South Perth, Western Australia
M.L. Nelson, Pullman, WA, USA
P. OKiely, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland
Y. Panayotis Kotzamanis Athens, Greece
J.F. Prez Barcelona, Spain
R. Pieper, Berlin, Germany

J.F. Aguilera, Granada, Spain

A. Bach, Barcelona, Spain
M.A. Bamikole, Benin City, Nigeria
H. Ben Salem, Ariana, Tunisia
G. Broderick, Madison, WI, USA
A.R.J.B. Cabrita, Vairo VC, Portugal
S. Calsamiglia, Barcelona, Spain
P. Chilibroste, Paysandu, Uruguay
J. Cuarn, Colon Oeuretaro, Mexico
J. De Boever, Melle, Belgium
R. Dixon, Rockhampton, Australia
R. Elkin, University Park, PA, USA
E. Evans, Ontario, Canada
L. Fiems, Melle, Belgium
J. Garcia, Madrid, Spain
H. Gonda, Tandil, Argentina
F. Grosjean, Le Plessis Pt, France

VOLUME 205 (2015)

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