This book is, in part, a second edition of the author's previous work The Voluntary Food Intake of Farm Animals (Butterworths, 1986). However, it has been revised and extended to such an extent that it is effectively a new book in its own right. More emphasis has been placed on diet selection, learning and appetites. All other sections have been brought up-to-date and completely reorganized. The text is copiously referenced to provide access to the original literature. It represents a standard work on its subject and is essential reading for advanced students and research workers in animal nutrition, as well as related subjects such as animal physiology, animal behaviour and grassland science.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Wallingford
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Maße
Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85198-908-2 (9780851989082)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Herausgeber*in
Department of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, University of Leeds, UK
1: Introduction 2: Feeding behaviour 3: Feedback signals 4: Ruminant gastrointestinal tract 5: Metabolites and hormones 6: Central nervous control 7: Integrative theories of food intake control 8: Growth and fattening 9: Reproduction and lactation 10: Diet digestibility and concentration of available energy 11: Specific nutrients affecting intake 12: Learning about food: Preferences 13: Diet selection 14: Appetites for specific nutrients 15: Environmental factors affecting intake 16: The intake of fresh and conserved grass 17: Prediction of voluntary intake 18: Epilogue 19: Appendix 1: Particular features of poultry and ruminant animals 20: Appendix 2: Outline program to identify and store meals from the identities of animals and weights of food containers
