Mineral nutrition of animals /
Mineral Nutrition of Animals reviews the research on the mineral nutrition of animals. This book explores the biological function and metabolism of minerals in the body, as well as mineral feeding of various species of farm animals. Topics range from water metabolism and mineral composition of feeds...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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London ; Boston :
Butterworths,
[1982, 1981]
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| Series: | Studies in the agricultural and food sciences.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Mineral Nutrition of Animals reviews the research on the mineral nutrition of animals. This book explores the biological function and metabolism of minerals in the body, as well as mineral feeding of various species of farm animals. Topics range from water metabolism and mineral composition of feeds to the physiological role of macroelements such as calcium and potassium and microelements such as iron and copper. This text is comprised of 16 chapters; the first of which provides a historical overview of the science of mineral feeding of animals; mineral elements and their function in animal nu. |
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| Item Description: | Translation with revisions of: Mineralʹnoe pitanie zhivotnykh. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 475 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781483162720 1483162729 |