Animal Feeding and Nutrition

by Okoro Negasi

ISBN: 9789351307570
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Imprint : Agri Horti Press
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 10995.00
Biblio : x+312 p., figs., tabls., bib., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. Negasi Okoro is a Professor in Animal Sciences at College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Jimma University, Ethiopia. He has taught Introductory Animal Feeding and Nutrition courses that cover all the livestock species for many years. <BR> Dr. Okoro published several research papers and authored/edited few books

About The Book

Animal feed is food given to domestic animals in the course of animal husbandry. The present book "Animal Feeding and Nutrition" presents the required information on all aspects of nutrition for domestic animals from fundamentals of nutrition through feeds and feeding. It provide extensive coverage of Animal Feed: Type, Nutrition, Safety, Measurement of Feed and Nutrient Utilization, Nutrient Metabolism, Factor Affecting Feed, Feeding Standards and Productivity, Feed stuffs, Feed Preparation and Processing etc. It also covers the Economics of Feeding Dairy Farms, Issues: Environment, Economic and Health Concerns. <BR> The Book is highly useful to postgraduate students of Animal Sciences, Teachers and Scientists of Animal Nutrition discipline, personnel of feed industry involved in feed manufacturing, Field Veterinarians, Animal Husbandry, Extension Workers and Progressive Animal Farmers and Animal lovers.

Table of Contents

Preface v <BR> 1. Introduction 1 <BR> 2. Common Methods 20 <BR> 3. Animal Feed: Type 44 <BR> 4. Animal Feed: Nutrition 65 <BR> 5. Animal Feed: Safety 87 <BR> 6. Measurement of Feed and Nutrient Utilisation 105 <BR> 7. Nutrient Metabolism 116 <BR> 8. Factors Affecting Feed 128 <BR> 9. Feeding Standards and Productivity 147 <BR> 10. Feedstuffs 160 <BR> 11. Feed Preparation and Processing 178 <BR> 12. Formulating a diet 193 <BR> 13. Applied Animal Feeding 210 <BR> 14. Problems with Unbalanced Diet 268 <BR> 15. Diet and Milk Formation 282 <BR> 16. Economics of Feeding Dairy Farms 287 <BR> 17. Issues: Environmental, Economic and Health Concerns 290 <BR> Bibliography 309