Animal Nutrition: Applied to Ruminants (The Tropical Agriculturalist Macmillan/CTA) - Softcover

John Chesworth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333570731 ISBN 13: 9780333570739

Publisher: Macmillan Education, 1992

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan Education
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0333570731
• ISBN 13: 9780333570739
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 176