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Book cover image of Feeds and Feeding by Tilden Wayne Perry

Authors: Tilden Wayne Perry, Arthur Edison Cullison, Robert S. Lowrey, Robert S. Lowrey, Arthur E. Cullison
ISBN-13: 9780130970473, ISBN-10: 0130970476
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: July 2002
Edition: 6th Edition

Author Biography: Tilden Wayne Perry

Book Synopsis

This contemporary and authoritative survey provides comprehensive coverage of the nutritional and scientific feeding of beef cattle, dairy cattle, poultry, horses, sheep and swine, and offers a detailed treatment of feed composition for use in ration formulation.

Topics covered include principles of animal nutrition and physiology, feed stuffs, and livestock and poultry feeding.

For those in Animal Nutrition fields.

Booknews

Serving as both a reference and a text book, this volume reflects current trends in the livestock feed industry and presents general information on animal nutrition. Particular attention is given to animal physiology, feedstuffs, balancing rations, and livestock and poultry feeding. Appendices include tables on nutrient requirements and a glossary. The authors are professors of animal nutrition and animal science associated with Purdue University and the University of Georgia. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

	Preface
	Introduction
1	The Feed Nutrients
2	General Functions of Feed Nutrients
3	Proximate Analysis of Feedstuffs
4	Use of the Van Soest Analysis in Feed Evaluation
5	The Digestive Tract
6	Nutrient Digestion, Absorption, and Transport
7	Apparent Digestibility
8	Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN)
9	Energy Utilization
10	Study Questions and Problems
11	Energy Nutrition: I Carbohydrates, II Lipids
12	Protein Nutrition
13	Mineral Nutrition - General
14	The Macrominerals
15	The Microminerals
16	General Recommendations for Mineral Feeding
17	Vitamin Nutrition
18	Physiological Phases of Livestock Production
19	Study Questions and Problems
20	Feeds and Feed Groups - General
21	Energy Feeds
22	High-Protein Feeds
23	Air-Dry Roughages
24	The Molasses
25	High-Moisture Feeds
26	Identifying Feeds from Their Composition
27	Hay and Hay Making
28	Silage and Haylage - Production and Use
29	Problems of Feed Storage
30	Processing Feeds
31	Uniform State Feed Bill
32	Pastures - General
33	Facts About Important Pasture Crops
34	General Uses of Pasture in Livestock Feeding
35	Study Questions and Problems
36	Balancing Rations - General
37	Calculating a Balanced Ration - General
38	Balancing a Ration for a Growing and Finishing Steer
39	Balancing a Ration for a Steer Using a High Level of Roughage
40	The California System for the Net Energy Evaluation of Rations for Growing-Finishing Cattle
41	Balancing a Ration for a Dairy Cow
42	Balancing Rations for Horses
43	Balancing Rations for Sheep
44	Balancing Rations for Swine
45	Formulating a Feed Mixture Based on a Balanced Daily Ration or a Portion Thereof
46	Formulating Feed Mixtures by the Use of the Square Method
47	Use of Algebraic Equations in the Formulation of Feed Mixtures
48	Use of the Square Method for Formulating a Balanced Ration Mixture for a Finishing Steer
49	Formulation of a Balanced Ration Mixture for Lactating Sows
50	Calculating and Altering Levels of Nutrients in Feed Mixtures
51	Formulating and Using Premixes
52	Computerized Least-Cost Rations
53	Estimating Feed Requirements
54	Weights, Measures, Volumes, and Capacities
55	Feeding Beef Cattle
56	Feeding Dairy Cattle
57	Veal Production
58	Feeding Horses
59	Feeding Chickens
60	Feeding Turkeys
61	Feeding Sheep
62	Feeding Swine
63	Use of Performance Modifiers
64	Feeding Animal Wastes and Snackfood By-products
65	Aflatoxin in Feeds
66	Study Questions and Problems
	App. A: Tables on Nutrient Requirements
App. B	Glossary of Terms Frequently Used in Discussing Matters Related to Feeds and Feeding
	Index

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