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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810846103321

Titolo

Nutrient requirements of dairy cattle / / Subcommittee on Dairy Cattle Nutrition, Committee on Animal Nutrition, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2001

ISBN

0-309-51521-1

Edizione

[7th rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xxi, 381 pages) : illustrations, charts

Disciplina

636.2/13

Soggetti

Dairy cattle - Nutrition - Requirements

Dairy cattle - Feeding and feeds

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Overview""; ""1 Dry Matter Intake""; ""2 Energy""; ""3 Fat""; ""4 Carbohydrates""; ""5 Protein and Amino Acids""; ""6 Minerals""; ""7 Vitamins""; ""8 Water""; ""9 Unique Aspects of Dairy Cattle Nutrition""; ""10 Nutrient Requirements of the Young Calf""; ""11 Growth""; ""12 Dairy Cattle Nutrition and the Environment""; ""13 Carbohydrate Chemistry and Feed Processing""; ""14 Nutrient Requirement Tables""; ""15 Nutrient Composition of Feeds""; ""16 Model Evaluation and Prediction Equations""; ""Glossary""; ""NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS OF DAIRY CATTLE""; ""About the Authors""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Deals with the dairy industry. This book allows users to pinpoint nutrient requirements accurately for individual animals. It provides guidance on how nutrient analysis of feed ingredients, insights into nutrient utilization by the animal, and formulation of diets to reduce environmental impacts can be applied to productive management decisions.