Nitrogen and phosphorus nutrition of cattle : reducing the environmental impact of cattle operations / edited by Ernst Pfeffer and Alexander N. Hristov.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hristov, Alexander N.

Pfeffer, Ernst.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cattle--Feeding and feeds.

Cattle.

Nitrogen in animal nutrition.

Phosphorus in animal nutrition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are tremendous benefits to feeding ruminants nitrogen and phosphorus supplements, in terms of milk production and productivity. However, what goes in must come out. Nitrogen and phosphorus excretions from dairy cattle are a major environmental pollutant. This book describes the latest knowledge in nitrogen and phosphorus nutrition of cattle including requirements, ruminal and total tract metabolism, possibilities of increasing the efficiency of nitrogen utilization and reducing nitrogen and phosphorus excretions from dairy and beef operations. It also includes aspects of the effects of d

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""1 Interactions between Cattle and the Environment: a General Introduction""; ""2 Nitrogen Requirements of Cattle""; ""3 Nitrogen Metabolism in the Rumen""; ""4 Factors Affecting the Efficiency of Nitrogen Utilization in the Rumen""; ""5 Whole-animal Nitrogen Balance in Cattle""; ""6 Phosphorus Metabolism in the Rumen""; ""7 Phosphorus Metabolism in Ruminants and Requirements of Cattle""; ""8 Effects of Dietary Phosphorus and Nitrogen on Cattle Reproduction""; ""9 Improving the Efficiency of Nutrient Use on Cattle Operations""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""

""D""""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-73543-0

9786610735433

1-84593-143-2

OCLC:

228144298