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Effect of environment on nutrient requirements of domestic animals / Subcommittee on Environmental Stress, Committee on Animal Nutrition, Board on Agriculture and Renewable Resources, Commission on Natural Resources, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animal nutrition.
- Temperature--Physiological effect.
- Temperature.
- Stress (Physiology).
- Veterinary physiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 152 pages) : illustrations, charts
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Environment on nutrient requirements of domestic animals
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1981.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Effect of Environment on Nutrient Requirements of Domestic Animals
- Copyright
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- I FARM ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- Animal-Environment Interactions
- THERMAL BALANCE
- EFFECTIVE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
- THERMAL ZONES
- Environment-Nutrition Interactions
- PARTITIONING OF FEED ENERGY
- DIGESTIBILITY AND METABOLIZABILITY
- Basal Metabolism
- Feed Intake
- DAIRY COWS
- DAIRY HEIFERS
- FEEDLOT CATTLE
- SHEEP
- SWINE
- POULTRY
- Forage-Temperature Interaction on Feed Intake
- TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
- LIGHT INTENSITY
- FORAGE QUALITY
- Water-Environment Interactions
- WATER SOURCES
- WATER LOSSES
- FACTORS AFFECTING WATER INTAKE
- Differences Among Species
- Physiological State
- Frequency of Watering
- Water Temperature
- Air Temperature
- Cattle
- Sheep
- Swine
- Poultry
- Nutritional Efficiency
- II APPROACHES FOR PRACTICAL NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT
- Beef Cattle
- VOLUNTARY FOOD INTAKE
- WATER NEEDS
- NUTRIENT VALUES OF FEEDSTUFFS
- ADJUSTMENTS TO MAINTENANCE ENERGY REQUIREMENT
- Adjustment to Maintenance Energy Requirements for Metabolic Acclimatization
- Adjustment in Maintenance Energy Requirements for Immediate Heat or Cold Stress
- Heat Stress
- Cold Stress
- ADJUSTMENTS TO NONENERGY COMPONENTS
- SUMMARY OF ADJUSTMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FOR BEEF CATTLE
- EXAMPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON NUTRITION OF BEEF CATTLE
- Example 1
- Example 2
- Dairy Cattle
- THERMAL ZONES FOR DAIRY CATTLE
- FEED INTAKE AND ENERGY REQUIREMENTS DURING COLD STRESS
- Calves
- Heifers (6 Months to First Parturition)
- Lactating Cows
- FEED INTAKE AND ENERGY REQUIREMENTS DURING HEAT STRESS
- Heifers
- SUMMARY
- THERMAL ZONES FOR SHEEP
- ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON FEED ENERGY INTAKE.
- NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY
- ENERGY REQUIREMENT DURING COLD STRESS
- ENERGY REQUIREMENT DURING HEAT STRESS
- THERMAL EFFECTS ON PROTEIN REQUIREMENT OF SHEEP
- ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON LAMB PERFORMANCE
- MISCELLANEOUS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING NUTRITION OF SHEEP
- LOWER CRITICAL TEMPERATURE
- COLD STRESS
- HEAT STRESS
- POULTRY ENVIRONMENT
- FEED INTAKE AND NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS
- EFFICIENCY OF EGG PRODUCTION
- FEED INTAKE
- PERFORMANCE
- ACCLIMATION
- CARCASS COMPOSITION
- NUTRIENT ADJUSTMENTS
- ESTIMATING ME REQUIREMENT FOR LAYING HENS
- WATER
- VITAMIN A
- EPILOGUE
- REFERENCES.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610246076
- 9781280246074
- 1280246073
- 9780309533744
- 0309533740
- 9780585149134
- 0585149135
- OCLC:
- 43477128
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