Nutritional Ecology of the Ruminant
This monumental text-reference places in clear persepctive the importance of nutritional assessments to the ecology and biology of ruminants and other nonruminant herbivorous mammals. Now extensively revised and significantly expanded, it reflects the ...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
1994.
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Edición: | 2nd ed. |
Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Nutritional Ecology of the Ruminant; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Ruminants in the World; 2 Nutritional Concepts; 3 Feeding Strategies, Taxonomy, and Evolution; 4 Body Size and the Limitations of Ruminants; 5 Nonruminant Herbivores; 6 Plant, Animal, and Environment; 7 The Free-ranging Animal; 8 Forage Evaluation Techniques; 9 Minerals; 10 Fiber and Physicochemical Properties of Feeds; 11 Carbohydrates; 12 Lignin; 13 Plant Defensive Chemicals; 14 Forage Preservation; 15 Function of the Ruminant Forestomach; 16 Microbes in the Gut
- 17 The Lower Gastrointestinal Tract18 Nitrogen Metabolism; 19 Intermediary Metabolism; 20 Lipids; 21 Intake; 22 Mathematical Applications: Digestibility; 23 Digestive Flow; 24 Energy Balance; 25 Integrated Feeding Systems; References; Author Index; Subject Index