Sheep nutrition / / edited by M. Freer and H. Dove

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York : , : CABI Pub. in association with CSIRO Pub., , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (396 pages)
• Disciplina: 636.30852
• Soggetto topico: Sheep - Feeding and feeds; Sheep - Nutrition
• Altri autori: FreerM (Mike) DoveH (Hugh)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contributors; Preface; 1 Nutritive Value of Herbage; 2 Constraints on Feed Intake by Grazing Sheep; 3 Food Choice; 4 Microbial Ecology of the Ovine Rumen; 5 Digestion and Metabolism; 6 Principles of Supplementary Feeding in Sheep-grazing Systems; 7 Nutrition for Maintenance; 8 Nutrition and Wool Growth; 9 Nutrition for Conception and Pregnancy; 10 Nutrition during Lactation; 11 Nutrition for Sheep-meat Production; 12 Nutrition of Sheep under Rangeland Conditions; 13 Trace-element and Vitamin Nutrition of Grazing Sheep; 14 Interactions between Gastrointestinal Parasites and Nutrients; 15 Deleterious Substances in Grazed Pastures; 16 The Nutritional Management of Grazing Sheep; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a review of the current state of knowledge on all aspects of sheep nutrition. The main emphasis is on sheep grazing in systems that range from intensively utilized sown pastures to extensive rangelands.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sheep nutrition
• ISBN: 1-280-82981-8; 9786610829811; 0-85199-877-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780317703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II