Equine nutrition and feeding /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ames, Iowa :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2010.
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The digestive system
- Utilization of the products of dietary energy and protein
- The roles of major minerals and trace elements
- Vitamin and water requirements
- Ingredients of horse feeds
- Estimating nutrient requirements
- Feeding the breeding mare, foal and stallion
- Growth
- Feeding for performance and the metabolism of nutrients during exercise
- Grassland and pasture management
- Pests and ailments related to grazing area, diet and housing
- Laboratory methods for assessing nutritional status and some dietary options
- Appendix A. Example calculation of dietary composition required for a 400kg mare in the fourth month of lactation
- Appendix B. Common dietary errors in studs and racing stables
- Appendix C. Chemical composition of feedstuffs used for horses
- Appendix D. Estimates of base excess of a diet and blood plasma