CNCPS based Studies in the tropics Absalon-Medina, V.A., R.W. Blake, D.G. Fox, F.I. Juarez-Lagunes, C.F. Nicholson, E.G. Canudas-Lara, and B.L. Rueda-Maldonado. 2012. Economic analysis of alternative Nutritional Management of dual-purpose cow herds in central Coastal Veracruz, Mexico. J. Trop. Anim Health Production. Baba, Kotaro. 2006. Analysis of Productivity, nutritional constraints and management options in beef cattle systems of eastern Yucatan, Mexico: a case study of cow-calf productivity in the herds of Tizimin, Yucatan. Ph.D thesis, Cornell University. Fox, D.G., L.O. Tedeschi, T.P. Tylutki, J.B. Russell, M.E. Van Amburgh, L.E. Chase, A.N. Pell, and T.R. Overton. 2004. The Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System Model for evaluating herd nutrition and nutrient excretion. Animal Feed Science and Technology 112 29-78. F.V.Nherera, L.O. Tedeschi, D.M. Mbugua, J.N. Kanga’ra, I. W. Kariuki, D.G. Fox and A.N. Pell. 2005. Predicting energy and protein supply and milk production of dairy cows consuming high forage rations in the central highlands of Kenya. Unpublished paper from Ph.D thesis, Cornell University. Lagunes Juarez, F.I., D.G. Fox, R.W. Blake, and A.N. Pell. 1999. Evaluation of tropical grasses on milk production by Dual Purpose Cows in Tropical Mexico. J. Dairy Sci. 82:2136. Nicholson, C.F., R.W. Blake, C.I. Urbina, D.R. Lee, D.G. Fox, and P.J. Van Soest. 1994. Economic comparison of nutrient management strategies for Venezuelan dual-purpose cattle systems. J. Animal Sci. 72:1688. Parsons, D., C.F. Nicholson, R.W. Blake, Q.M. Ketterings, L. Ramirez-Aviles, D.G. Fox, L.O. Tedeschi, and J.H. Cherney. 2010. Development and evaluation of an integrated simulation model for assessing smallholder crop-livestock production in Yucatan, Mexico. Agricultural Systems. Reynoso-Campos, O., D.G. Fox, R.W. Blake, M.C. Barry, L.O. Tedeschi, C.F. Nicholson, H.M. Kaiser, and P.A. Oltenacu. 2004. Predicting nutritional requirements and lactation performance of dual-purpose cows using a dynamic model. Agricultural Systems 80:67-83. Rueda, B.L., R.W. Blake, C.F. Nicholson, D.G. Fox, L.O. Tedeschi, A.N. Pell, E.C.M. Fernandes, J.F. Valentim, and J.C. Carneiro. 2003. Production and economic potentials of cattle in pasture-based systems of the western Amazon region of Brazil. J. Animal Sci. 81:2923-2937. Tedeschi, L.O., A. Cannas, and D.G. Fox. 2010. A nutrition mathematical model to account for dietary supply and requirements of energy and other nutrients for domesticated small ruminants: The development and evaluation of the Small Ruminant Nutrition System. J. Small Ruminant Research 89:174-184. Traxler, M.J., D.G. Fox, P.J. Van Soest, A.N. Pell, C.E. Lascano, D.P.D. Lanna, J.E. Moore, R.P. Lana, M. Velez, and A. Flores. 1998. Predicting forage indigestible NDF from lignin concentration. J. Animal Sci. 76:1469. ,