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Nutritional ecology of the ruminant /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Soest, Peter J.
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Comstock Pub., 1994.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Ruminants > Feeding and feeds.
Animal nutrition.
Rumen fermentation.
Feeds.
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Animal Feed.
Rumen.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Ruminants in the world
  • Nutritional concepts
  • Feeding strategies, taxonomy, and evolution
  • Body size and the limitations of ruminants
  • Nonruminant herbivores
  • Plant, animal, and environment
  • The free-ranging animal
  • Forage evaluation techniques
  • Minerals
  • Fiber and physicochemical properties of feeds
  • Carbohydrates
  • Lignin
  • Plant defensive chemicals
  • Forage preservation
  • Function of the ruminant forestomach
  • Microbes in the gut
  • The lower gastrointestinal tract
  • Nitrogen metabolism
  • Intermediary metabolism
  • Lipids
  • Intake
  • Mathematical applications: digestibility
  • Digestive flow
  • Energy balance
  • Integrated feeding systems.