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Animal Nutrition » (6th Edition)

Authors: Peter McDonald, R. Edwards, R.A. Edwards, J.F.D. Greenhalgh, C.A. Morgan
ISBN-13: 9780582419063, ISBN-10: 0582419069
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson (UK)
Date Published: March 2002
Edition: 6th Edition

	Preface to the fifth edition
	Acknowledgements
1	The animal and its food	1
2	Carbohydrates	9
3	Lipids	28
4	Proteins, nucleic acids and other nitrogenous compounds	49
5	Vitamins	66
6	Minerals	97
7	Enzymes	128
8	Digestion	142
9	Metabolism	177
10	Evaluation of foods. (A) Digestibility	221
11	Evaluation of foods. (B) Energy content of foods and the partition of food energy within the animal	238
12	Evaluation of foods. (C) Systems for expressing the energy value of foods	266
13	Evaluation of foods. (D) Protein	284
14	Feeding standards for maintenance and growth	313
15	Feeding standards for reproduction	352
16	Lactation	372
17	Voluntary intake of food	418
18	Grass and forage crops	434
19	Silage	451
20	Hay, artificially dried forages, straws and chaff	465
21	Roots, tubers and related by-products	481
22	Cereal grains and cereal by-products	489
23	Protein concentrates	511
	Appendix	544
	Index	586