Farm animal metabolism and nutrition /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2000.
• Subjects: Animal nutrition.; Livestock > Metabolism.; Animal Nutrition (General); Forage and Feed Products (Non-human); Techniques and Methodology.; Feed evaluation.; Feed intake.; Livestock.; Metabolism.; Nutrients.; Nutrition.; Reviews.; Utilization.; Electronic books.
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This book contains 19 chapters in 3 sections on absorption and metabolism of nutrients, feed evaluation methods, and intake and utilization. It is designed to be an advanced level textbook for final year undergraduate and graduate students in animal science.

Table of Contents:

• Amino Acid and Peptide Transport Systems / J.C. Matthews
• Measurement and Significance of Protein Turnover / J.A. Rathmacher
• Inter-organ Amino Acid Flux / C.J. Seal and D.S. Parker
• Phenethanolamine Repartitioning Agents / D.E. Moody, D.L. Hancock and D.B. Anderson
• Lipid Metabolism / J.K. Drackley
• Glucose Availability and Associated Metabolism / R.W. Russell and S.A. Gahr
• Aspects of Cellular Energetics / N.S. Jessop
• Trace Element Dynamics / W.T. Buckley
• Use of Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy / J.B. Reeves III
• Gas Production Methods / P. Schofield
• In Sacco Methods / P. Nozière and B. Michalet-Doreau
• Use of Markers / J.P. Marais
• Methods for Measuring Ileal Amino Acid Digestibility in Pigs / W.C. Sauer, M.Z. Fan, R. Mosenthin and W. Drochner
• Rapid Metabolizable Energy Assays / J.M. McNab
• Physiological and Metabolic Aspects of Feed Intake Control / J.M. Forbes
• Feed Intake in Ruminants : Kinetic Aspects / W.C. Ellis, D. Poppi and J.H. Matis
• Feeding Behaviour / R.J. Grant and J.L. Albright
• Anti-nutritional Factors and Mycotoxins / J.P.F. D'Mello
• Feed Enzymes / D.I. Officer.