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Voluntary food intake and diet selection in farm animals /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Forbes, J. M. (John Michael), 1940- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Animal nutrition.
Food preferences.
Ingestion > Regulation.
Animal Nutrition (General)
Animal Nutrition (Production Responses)
Animal feeding.
Diets.
Feed intake.
Feeding preferences.
Livestock.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Feeding behaviour
  • Feedbacks from the gastrointestinal tract
  • Metabolites and hormones
  • Central nervous system and the special senses
  • Learning about food : conditioned preferences and aversions
  • Diet selection : principles
  • Diet selection : practicalities
  • Integrative theories of food intake control
  • Minimal total discomfort
  • Diet digestibility, energy concentration and supplementation of forages
  • Protein and other nutrients
  • Appetites for specific nutrients
  • Silage
  • Growth and fattening
  • Reproduction and lactation
  • Environmental factors affecting intake.