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Sheep nutrition


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This book provides a review of the current state of knowledge on the nutrition of sheep. The main emphasis is on grazing sheep in systems that range from intensively utilized sown pastures to rangelands. Topics covered include the nutritive value of herbage, rumen ecology, digestion and metabolism, and nutrition for pregnancy, milk production, wool growth, and weight gain. Trace nutrients, parasite/nutrient interactions, and toxins are also covered, and a computer package for nutritional management of sheep is discussed. B&w photos are included. The book is suitable for advanced students in animal nutrition, and is distributed by Oxford University Press. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Table of Contents
Contributors
Preface
1 Nutritive Value of Herbage 1
2 Constraints on Feed Intake by Grazing Sheep 27
3 Food Choice 51
4 Microbial Ecology of the Ovine Rumen 71
5 Digestion and Metabolism 95
6 Principles of Supplementary Feeding in Sheep-grazing Systems 119
7 Nutrition for Maintenance 143
8 Nutrition and Wool Growth 165
9 Nutrition for Conception and Pregnancy 189
10 Nutrition during Lactation 213
11 Nutrition for Sheep-meat Production 237
12 Nutrition of Sheep under Rangeland Conditions 263
13 Trace-element and Vitamin Nutrition of Grazing Sheep 285
14 Interactions between Gastrointestinal Parasites and Nutrients 313
15 Deleterious Substances in Grazed Pastures 333
16 The Nutritional Management of Grazing Sheep 357
Index 377


Product Details:
# ISBN: 0851995950
# ISBN-13: 9780851995953
# Format: Hardcover, 385pp
# Publisher: CAB International
# Pub. Date: November 2002
# Sales Rank: 386,448

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