Nutrition of the rabbit /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2010.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Subjects: Rabbits > Feeding and feeds.; Pets and Companion Animals.; Meat Producing Animals.; Wool Producing Animals, (New March 2000); Animal Nutrition (Physiology); Animal Nutrition (Production Responses); Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals.; Meat Produce.; Food Composition and Quality.; Rabbits.; Animal anatomy.; Animal behaviour.; Animal physiology.; Behaviour.; Climate.; Dietary fat.; Diets.; Digestion.; Digestive disorders.; Digestive system.; Energy metabolism.; Energy requirements.; Feed additives.; Feed evaluation.; Feed formulation.; Feed supplements.; Feeding behaviour.; Feeds.; Fibre.; Intensive husbandry.; Intensive livestock farming.; Lipid metabolism.; Meat quality.; Minerals.; Nutrient requirements.; Pathology.; Pets.; Protein.; Protein metabolism.; Protein requirement.; Rabbit feeding.; Rabbit meat.; Starch.; Sugars.; Vitamins.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

This book is comprised of 17 chapters focusing on rabbit nutrition and feeding. The first 12 chapters discuss the digestive system of the rabbit, digestion of sugars and starch, protein, fat and fibre digestion, energy and protein metabolism and requirements, minerals, vitamins and additives, feed e...

Table of Contents:

• The Digestive System of the Rabbit / R. Carabaño, J. Piquer, D. Menoyo and I. Badiola
• Digestion of Sugars and Starch / E. Blas and T. Gidenne
• Protein Digestion / M.J. Villamide, N. Nicodemus, M.J. Fraga and R. Carabaño
• Fat Digestion / G. Xiccato
• Fibre Digestion / T. Gidenne, R. Carabaño, J. García and C. de Blas
• Energy and Protein Metabolism and Requirements / G. Xiccato and A. Trocino
• Minerals, Vitamins and Additives / G.G. Mateos, P.G. Rebollar and C. de Blas
• Feed Evaluation / M.J. Villamide, L. Maertens and C. de Blas
• Influence of Diet on Rabbit Meat Quality / P. Hernández and A. Dalle Zotte
• Nutrition and Feeding Strategy : Interactions with Pathology / T. Gidenne, J. García, F. Lebas and D. Licois
• Feed Manufacturing / J. Acedo-Rico, J. Méndez and G. Santomá
• Feed Formulation / C. de Blas and G.G. Mateos
• Feeding Behaviour of Rabbits / T. Gidenne, F. Lebas and L. Fortun-Lamothe
• Feeding Systems for Intensive Production / L. Maertens
• Nutrition and the Climatic Environment / C. Cervera and J. Fernández Carmona
• Nutritional Recommendations and Feeding Management of Angora Rabbits / F. Lebas, R.G. Thébault and D. Allain
• Pet Rabbit Feeding and Nutrition / J.A. Lowe.