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.
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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 u...

Table of Contents:

• Nutrition and quality of goat's milk / G. Pulina, A. Nudda, G. Battacone, S. Fancellu and A.H.D. Francesconi
• Mathematical modelling of goat lactation curves / N.P.P. Macciotta, C. Dimauro, R. Steri and A. Cappio-Borlino
• Lipids of goat's milk : origin, composition and main sources of variation / M. Mele, A. Buccioni, A. Serra, M. Antongiovanni and P. Secchiari
• Protein components of goat's milk / G.F. Greppi, P. Roncada and R. Fortin
• Aromatic and nutritional quality of goat's milk / V. Fedele
• Energy and protein requirements of goats / A. Cannas, A.S. Atzori, F. Boe and I.A.M.A. Teixeira
• Feed intake / M. Avondo, L. Biondi, R.I. Pagano, A. Bonanno and L. Lutri
• Foraging behaviour and intake of goats browsing on Mediterranean shrublands / M. Decandia, M.D. Yiakoulaki, G. Pinna, A. Cabiddu and G. Molle
• Grazing management of dairy goats on Mediterranean herbaceous pastures / A. Bonanno, V. Fedele and A. Di Grigoli
• Feeding management of dairy goats in intensive systems / L. Rapetti and L. Bava
• Goat nutrition for fibre production / A. di Trana and L. Sepe
• Metabolic and nutritional diseases / C. Stelletta, M. Gianesella and M. Morgante.