Dairy sheep nutrition /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English; Italian
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004.
• Subjects: Sheep > Feeding and feeds.; Ewes > Feeding and feeds.; Sheep > Nutrition.; Sheep milk.; Ewes > Nutrition.; Dairy Animals.; Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000); Animal Nutrition (General); Animal Nutrition (Physiology); Animal Nutrition (Production Responses); Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals.; Milk and Dairy Produce.; Food Composition and Quality.; Mathematics and Statistics.; Sheep.; Animal nutrition.; Ewe feeding.; Ewe milk.; Ewes.; Feed intake.; Grazing.; Lamb feeding.; Mathematical models.; Metabolic disorders.; Milk production.; Milk quality.; Milk yielding animals.; Nutrient requirements.; Nutritional disorders.; Reproduction.; Sheep farming.; Sheep feeding.; Stocking rate.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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 optimizing dairy production from sheep. This book is a translation of a popular Italian text, originally published in 2001, and includes some revisions and updates. It contains chapters on all aspects of dairy sheep nutrition and feeding, such as milk production, feed intake, nutrient requirements, ewe and lamb feeding, nutrition and reproduction, nutrition and milk quality, digestive disturbances and metabolic-nutritional disorders, and grazing and stocking rate management. The book will appeal to researchers in sheep nutrition, vets and producers.