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Intensive beef production
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, New York,
Pergamon Press
[1974]
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| Edición: | 2d ed. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Intensive Beef Production; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Plates; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; PART I: THE PRODUCT; CHAPTER 1. The Market; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 OUTPUT; 1.3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE; 1.4 PRICES; 1.5 CONSUMPTION; 1.6 PROJECTIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. Carcass Composition and Quality; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 BODY WEIGHT; 2.3 BODY COMPOSITION; 2.4 ATTRACTIVENESS; 2.5 EATABILITY; 2.6 CARCASS EVALUATION; PART II: The Inputs; CHAPTER 3. Genetic Improvement; 3.1 INTRODUCTION
- 3.2 HERITABILITIES3.3 CORRELATIONS BETWEEN TRAITS; 3.4 SELECTION METHODS; 3.5 BREEDING SYSTEMS; 3.6 SELECTION FOR MEAT PRODUCTION IN DAIRY CATTLE; CHAPTER 4. Genotype-Environment Interactions; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS; 4.3 CLIMATIC ASPECTS; 4.4 DISEASE; 4.5 BREEDING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT; CHAPTER 5. Physiology of Digestion and Feed Utilization; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 PHYSIOLOGY OF DIGESTION; 5.3 UTILIZATION OF ENERGY; 5.4 FACTORS CONTROLLING FEED INTAKE; 5.5 NITROGEN UTILIZATION; CHAPTER 6. Beef Calf Production; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 FERTILITY
- 6.3 ARTIFICIAL METHODS OF AUGMENTING FERTILITY6.4. BIRTH WEIGHT; 6.5 WEANING WEIGHT; 6.6. CALF MORTALITY; 6.7 BEEF COW NUTRITION; 6.8 CONDITIONING CATTLE FOR THE FEEDLOT; CHAPTER 7. Dairy Calf Production; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 BREED SUITABILITY; 7.3 CALF PROCUREMENT; 7.4 MORTALITY AND DISEASE; 7.5 NUTRITION; Part III: The Production; CHAPTER 8. Growth and Efficiency: Breed, Sex and Hormones; 8.1. GROWTH MECHANISMS; 8.2 BREED; 8.3 SEX; 8.4 HORMONES; CHAPTER 9. Growth and Efficiency: Nutrition; 9.1 ENERGY INTAKE; 9.2 ENERGY CONCENTRATION; 9.3 ENERGY SOURCE; 9.4 GRAIN PROCESSING; 9.5 PROTEIN
- 9.6 MINERALS9.7 VITAMINS; 9.8 ANTIBIOTICS; 9.9 OTHER ADDITIVES; CHAPTER 10. Growth and Efficiency: Climate, Housing and Management; 10.1 INTRODUCTION; 10.2 EFFECTS OF CLIMATE; 10.3 MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CHAPTER 11. Disease; 11.1 INTRODUCTION; 11.2 DISEASES CAUSED BY PATHOGENS; 11.3 METABOLIC DISTURBANCES; Part IV: The Future; CHAPTER 12. Perspectives; 12.1 INTRODUCTION; 12.2 CARCASS QUALITY; 12.3 GENETICS; 12.4 NUTRITION; 12.5 BEEF COWS; 12.6 DAIRY CALVES; 12.7 FEEDLOT FATTENING; 12.8 HOUSING; 12.9 DISEASE; 12.10 ECONOMIC ASPECTS; References; APPENDIX I: Rearing by Suckling
- APPENDIX II: Supplementary List of ReferencesGlossary; Index; Biographical Details