Applied Animal Nutrition: enables the reader to learn and master the steps necessary to providing proper nutrition of all types. It covers the characteristics of feedstuffs and their use in the feeding of domestic animals.

Feeds are discussed in terms of:

• Agronomic features
• Nutritive value
• Special properties
• Processing needs
• Suitability for particular kinds of livestock
• The presence of deleterious or toxic factors
• Other considerations that relate to their utility as feeds

Features:

• The latest information on BSE or Mad Cow disease
• Completely revised to offer the most up-to-date research findings available
• New material written by experts in specific nutrition fields, such as dairy cattle nutrition, swine nutrition, as well as companion animal nutrition and wild and exotic animal nutrition

Contents

1. Feedstuffs and Their Properties
   1. Introduction to Nutrients, Digestive Physiology, and Feed Analysis
   2. Concentrates: Energy Sources
   3. Other Concentrate Energy Feeds
   4. Protein Sources
   5. Roughages
   6. Forage Harvesting and Utilization
   7. Micronutrients: Mineral and Vitamin Supplements
   8. Feed Additives

2. Applied Nutrition: Feeding Behavior and Water Requirements
   9. Feeding Behavior and Regulation of Feed Intake
   10. Water

3. Feed Manufacturing and Diet Formulating
   11. Diet Formulation
   12. Feed Manufacturing and Processing

4. Feeding and Nutrition of Livestock and Specialty Animals
   13. Feeding and Nutrition of Swine
   14. Feeding and Nutrition of Avian Species
   15. Feeding and Nutrition of Beef Cattle
   16. Feeding and Nutrition of Small Ruminants: Sheep, Goats, and Llamas
   17. Feeding and Nutrition of Dairy Cattle
   18. Feeding and Nutrition of Horses
   19. Feeding and Nutrition of Rabbits
   20. Feeding and Nutrition of Companion Animals: Dogs and Cats
   21. Feeding and Nutrition of Fur-Bearing Animals
   22. Feeding and Nutrition of Wild, Exotic and Zoo Animals
   23. Feeding and Nutrition of Fish and Other Aquatic Organisms
   24. Epilogue: Livestock Production and Human Welfare

   Appendices
   Index

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