Dairy goats feeding and nutrition /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English; Italian
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
• Subjects: Goats > Nutrition.; Goats > Feeding and feeds.; Dairy Animals.; Animal Nutrition (General); Animal Nutrition (Production Responses); Milk and Dairy Produce.; Food Composition and Quality.; Mathematics and Statistics.; Goats.; Animal nutrition.; Behaviour.; Chemical composition.; Energy requirements.; Feed intake.; Feeding behaviour.; Fibre.; Foraging.; Goat feeding.; Goat milk.; Grazing.; Lactation curve.; Lipids.; Mathematical models.; Metabolic disorders.; Milk composition.; Milk protein.; Milk quality.; Milk yielding animals.; Nutrient requirements.; Nutritional disorders.; Nutritive value.; Protein requirement.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: "Original edition published in Italian under the title: L'alimentazione delle capre da latte, Âvenue Media 2005, Bologna, Italy"--T.p. verso.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 293 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Dairy goats have long been considered an important source of income for rural populations, providing the opportunity for profitable and sustainable diversity for small farms. Their importance is also increasing in intensive feeding systems and in large farms. They are highly adaptable due to their unique feeding habits and have become popular livestock animals in a range of environments, from temperature grasslands to subtropical, semi-arid and mountainous areas. Moreover, goat milk products are finding a growing acceptance in the world market and research has increased in feeding strategies for improved productivity and quality. Examining all aspects of dairy goat feeding and nutrition, this book represents a long awaited review of recent scientific research and updated techniques. Chapters discuss aspects such as the modelling and production of goat's milk as well as the estimation of energy and protein requirements and feed intake of goats. Scientists and students as well as extension agents, nutritionists and advanced farmers will find this text useful for future research and for the application of practical techniques in the field.