The Tropical Agriculturalist Ruminant Nutrition
Author:   John M Chesworth ,  A J Smith
Publisher:   Macmillan Education
ISBN:  

9780333570739


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   10 November 1992
Format:   Paperback
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The Tropical Agriculturalist Ruminant Nutrition


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This book covers the theory and principles of animal nutrition, with a chapter on each of the main nutrient groups, and applies it to economic production of cattle, sheep, goats and other ruminants in hot climates. The contents include topics on food intake, grazing and browsing, feeding fibrous by-products, nutritional planning, feed quality assessment, calculating energy requirements and monitoring nutritional strategies. This volume complements the practical feeding sections given in the volumes on individual livestock groups in the series.

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Author:   John M Chesworth ,  A J Smith
Publisher:   Macmillan Education
Imprint:   Macmillan Education
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.221kg
ISBN:  

9780333570739


ISBN 10:   0333570731
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   10 November 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you.

Table of Contents

The composition of the animal and its food; water; minerals; vitamins; digestion in ruminants; energy; protein requirements; food intake; animal foods; grazing and browsing; feeding fibrous by-products; meeting the needs of livestock; nutritional planning; monitoring the effectiveness of nutritional strategies; assessing the quality of foods; calculating the energy requirements of farm animals.

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