McDonald, Peter

Animal nutrition / P. McDonald, R. A. Edwards, J. F. D. Greenhalgh - 4th edition - New York : Longman, c1988. - 543 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents;

1 The animal and its food

2 Carbohydrates

3 Lipids

4 Proteins and nucleic acids

5 Vitamins

6 Minerals

7 Enzymes

8 Digestion

9 Metabolism

10 Evaluation of foods. (A) Digestibility

11 Evaluation of foods. (B) Energy content of foods and the partition of food energy within the animal

12 Evaluation of foods. (C) Systems for expressing the energy value of foods

13 Evaluation of foods. Protein

14 Feeding standards for maintenance and growth

15 Feeding standards for reproduction and lactation

16 Voluntary intake of food

17 Grass and forage crops

18 Silage

19 Hay, artificially dried forages, straws and chaff

20 Roots and tubers

21 Cereal grains and cereal by-products

22 protein concentrates


Includes bibliographies and index

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