Nutrient requirements of domesticated ruminants
Publisher: CSIRO Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Collingwood, VIC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
ISBN-13: 9780643095106; 9781283154949
Subjects: Nutrition; Requirements; Livestock; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Animal Husbandry; Feeding and feeds; Animal feeding; Agriculture; Ruminants
Other titles: Feeding standards for Australian livestock. Ruminants.
Description: Nutrient Requirements of Domesticated Ruminants draws on the most up-to-date research on the energy, protein, mineral, vitamin and water requirements of beef and dairy cattle, sheep and goats. It defines the responses of animals, in weight change, milk production and wool growth, to quantitative and qualitative changes in their feed supply. It has particular application to grazing animals. It provides comprehensive and useful information for graziers, livestock advisors, veterinarians, feed manufacturers and animal nutrition researchers. The recommendations described are equally applicable to.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Feeding standards for Australian livestock. Ruminants. 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: General introduction; Foreword to this edition; Foreword to Feeding Standards for Australian Livestock: Ruminants; Editorial committee for this edition and contributors; Membership of original ruminants subcommittee and contributors; Contents; Glossary; Conversion factors; 1. Energy; 2. Protein; 3. Minerals; 4. Vitamins; 5. Water intake; 6. Prediction of feed intake; 7. Application; References; Index.