Nitrogen and phosphorus nutrition of cattle : reducing the environmental impact of cattle operations /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005.
• Subjects: Nitrogen in animal nutrition.; Animal Feed.; Nitrogen > metabolism.; Cattle > Feeding and feeds.; Cattle.; Phosphorus in animal nutrition.; Phosphorus > metabolism.; Animal Nutrition (Physiology); Pollution and Degradation.; Cattle feeding.; Environmental impact.; Excretion.; Metabolism.; Mineral metabolism.; Mineral supplements.; Nitrogen.; Nitrogen balance.; Nitrogen metabolism.; Nutrient requirements.; Phosphorus.; Pollution.; Reproduction.; Reproductive efficiency.; Rumen metabolism.; Electronic books.
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There are benefits to feeding ruminants nitrogen and phosphorus supplements, in terms of milk production and productivity. However, what goes in must also come out. Nitrogen and phosphorus excretions from dairy cattle are a major environmental pollutant. This book describes the latest knowledge in n...

Table of Contents:

• Interactions between Cattle and the Environment : a General Introduction / E. Pfeffer and A.N. Hristov
• Nitrogen Requirements of Cattle / C.G. Schwab, P. Huhtanen, C.W. Hunt and T. Hvelplund
• Nitrogen Metabolism in the Rumen / N.D. Walker, C.J. Newbold and R.J. Wallace
• Factors Affecting the Efficiency of Nitrogen Utilization in the Rumen / A.N. Hristov and J.-P. Jouany
• Whole-animal Nitrogen Balance in Cattle / J.L. Firkins and C. Reynolds
• Phosphorus Metabolism in the Rumen / R.L. Kincaid and M. Rodehutscord
• Phosphorus Metabolism in Ruminants and Requirements of Cattle / E. Pfeffer, D.K. Beede and H. Valk
• Effects of Dietary Phosphorus and Nitrogen on Cattle Reproduction / J.D. Ferguson and D. Sklan
• Improving the Efficiency of Nutrient Use on Cattle Operations / J. Schröder, A. Bannink and R. Kohn.