Dairy sheep nutrition / edited by G. Pulina ; technical reader of English translation R. Bencini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bencini, Roberta.

Pulina, Giuseppe.

Standardized Title:

Alimentazione degli ovini da latte. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ewes--Feeding and feeds.

Ewes.

Ewes--Nutrition.

Sheep milk.

Sheep--Feeding and feeds.

Sheep.

Sheep--Nutrition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxfordshire, OX, UK ; Cambridge, MA, USA : CABI Pub., c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sheep milking is widespread throughout the Mediterranean, and is becoming more common in countries such as the UK, USA, Central America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Good nutrition is a critical factor in optimising dairy production from sheep.

Contents:

Milk production / Giuseppe Pulina and Anna Nudda

Mathematical modelling of milk production patterns in dairy sheep / Aldo Cappio-Borlino, Nicol?o P.P. Macciotta, and Giuseppe Pulina

Energy and protein requirements / Antonello Cannas

Dietary intake of vitamins and minerals, and water requirements / Giovanni Annicchiarico and Luigi Taibi

Feed intake / Marcella Avondo and Lucio Lutri

Feeding of lactating ewes / Antonello Cannas

Nutrition and reproduction / Salvatore Pier Giacomo Rassu ... [et al.]

Nutrition and milk quality / Anna Nudda ... [et al.]

Feeding dairy lambs / Paolo Brandano, Salvatore Pier Giacomo Rassu and Alfio Lanza

Digestive disturbances and metabolic-nutritional disorders / Massimo Morgante

Grazing management and stocking rate with particular reference to the Mediterranean environments / Giovanni Molle .. [et al.].

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-86611-X

9786610866113

0-85199-048-7

OCLC:

476071991