Nutritional Ecology of the Ruminant (Comstock Book) Second Edition

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 080142772X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801427725
• Author: Peter J. Van Soest

This monumental text-reference places in clear persepctive the importance of nutritional assessments to the ecology and biology of ruminants and other nonruminant herbivorous mammals. Now extensively revised and significantly expanded, it reflects the changes and growth in ruminant nutrition and related ecology since 1982.

Table contents:

1. Ruminants in the World
2. Nutritional Concepts
3. Feeding Strategies Taxonomy and Evolution
4. Body Size and the Limitations of Ruminants
5. Nonruminant Herbivores
6. Plant Animal and Environment
7. The Freeranging Animal
8. Forage Evaluation Techniques
9. Minerals
10. Fiber and Physicochemical Properties of Feeds
11. Carbohydrates
12. Lignin
13. Plant Defensive Chemicals
14. Forage Preservation
15. Function of the Ruminant Forestomach
16. Microbes in the Gut
17. The Lower Gastrointestinal Tract
18. Nitrogen Metabolism
19. Intermediary Metabolism
20. Lipids
21. Intake
22. Digestibility
23. Digestive Flow
24. Energy Balance
25. Integrated Feeding Systems