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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450718703321

Titolo

Dairy sheep nutrition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by G. Pulina ; technical reader of English translation R. Bencini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire, OX, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, USA, : CABI Pub., c2004

ISBN

1-280-86611-X

9786610866113

0-85199-048-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BenciniRoberta

PulinaGiuseppe

Disciplina

636.3/08/5

Soggetti

Ewes - Feeding and feeds

Ewes - Nutrition

Sheep milk

Sheep - Feeding and feeds

Sheep - Nutrition

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Milk production / Giuseppe Pulina and Anna Nudda -- Mathematical modelling of milk production patterns in dairy sheep / Aldo Cappio-Borlino, Nicol?o P.P. Macciotta, and Giuseppe Pulina -- Energy and protein requirements / Antonello Cannas -- Dietary intake of vitamins and minerals, and water requirements / Giovanni Annicchiarico and Luigi Taibi -- Feed intake / Marcella Avondo and Lucio Lutri -- Feeding of lactating ewes / Antonello Cannas -- Nutrition and reproduction / Salvatore Pier Giacomo Rassu ... [et al.] -- Nutrition and milk quality / Anna Nudda ... [et al.] -- Feeding dairy lambs / Paolo Brandano, Salvatore Pier Giacomo Rassu and Alfio Lanza -- Digestive disturbances and metabolic-nutritional disorders / Massimo Morgante -- Grazing management and stocking rate with particular reference to the Mediterranean environments / Giovanni Molle .. [et al.].

Sommario/riassunto

Sheep milking is widespread throughout the Mediterranean, and is



becoming more common in countries such as the UK, USA, Central America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Good nutrition is a critical factor in optimising dairy production from sheep.