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Feeding in domestic vertebrates : from structure to behaviour /

Domestication of vertebrates is based on the understanding of the needs of animals in their natural environment and the success of this domestication throughout human history is largely dependent on the knowledge of their feeding behaviour. The aim of this volume is to provide advanced students and...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
Subjects:
Animal feeding.
Veterinary physiology.
Feeds.
Animal nutrition.
Animal Behaviour.
Animal Nutrition (General)
Horses.
Ostriches.
Pigs.
Rabbits.
Ruminants.
Animal behaviour.
Behaviour.
Domestic animals.
Feeding behaviour.
Livestock.
Poultry.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / V. Bels
  • Feeding Structures in Birds / S.W.S. Gussekloo
  • Feeding Behaviour and Mechanisms in Domestic Birds / V. Bels and S. Baussart
  • Ontogeny of Feeding in Mammals / R.Z. German, A.W. Crompton and A.J. Thexton
  • Teeth, Jaws and Muscles in Mammalian Mastication / T.E. Popowics and S.W. Herring
  • Feeding and Welfare in Domestic Animals : A Darwinistic Framework / P. Koene
  • Food Choice and Intake in Chickens / J.M. Forbes
  • Feed Restriction and Welfare in Domestic Birds / I.C. de Jong and B. Jones
  • Feeding Ostriches / T.S. Brand and R.M. Gous
  • Feeding Behaviour in Pigs / B.L. Nielsen, K. Thodberg, L. Dybkjær and E.-M. Vestergaard
  • Feeding Behaviour in Rabbits / T. Gidenne and F. Lebas
  • Mastication and Feeding in Horses / K.A. Houpt
  • Foraging in Domestic Herbivores : Linking the Internal and External Milieux / F.D. Provenza and J.J. Villalba
  • Feeding and Mastication Behaviour in Ruminants / R. Baumont, M. Doreau, S. Ingrand and I. Veissier
  • Food in 3D : How Ruminant Livestock Interact with Sown Sward Architecture at the Bite Scale / I.J. Gordon and M. Benvenutti
  • Physiology and Models of Feeding Behaviour and Intake Regulation in Ruminants / W. Pittroff and P. Soca
  • Adjustment of Feeding Choices and Intake by a Ruminant Foraging in Varied and Variable Environments : New Insights from Continuous Bite Monitoring / C. Agreil, M. Meuret and H. Fritz
  • Feeding Free-range Poultry and Pigs / P.C. Glatz, Z.H. Miao and Y.J. Ru
  • Conclusion and Perspectives / J.M. Forbes.

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