Principles of Animal Nutrition and Nutrient Dynamics

Contents: Preface. I. General aspects of animal nutrition: 1. Composition of animal body. 2. Feed nutrients. 3. Hormones. 4. Appetite and satiety. 5. Physiology of digestion. II. Metabolism: 6. Water. 7. Carbohydrate. 8. Protein. 9. Lipids. 10. Minerals. 11. Vitamins. III. Nutrient dynamics: 12. Metabolic pools. 13. Glucose turnover. 14. Amino acid flux. 15. Regulation of lipolysis. 16. Liver function. 17. Skeletal muscle function. 18. Growth. IV. Nutrition and production: 19. Milk production. 20. Feeding for EGG and meat production. 21. Wool and other animal fibres production. 22. Work production. 23. Nutrition in relation to production. 24. Metabolic disorders and toxic factors. V. Feeds and feeding systems: 25. Nutritional requirements. 26. Fodders. 27. Concentrate feeds. 28. Fodder conservation and processing. 29. Feed additives. 30. Feed evaluation. Appendix. Subject index.

"Animal nutrition is intricately inter-woven with a numbers of sister - disciplines. Mainly biochemistry, physiology, dynamics and pathology help understanding the process of nutrition in its entirety. The book covers a wide canvas of information on nutrition of cattle, buffaloes, sheep, pigs, goats, horses and poultry as well as some other classes of livestock."