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Dairy goats feeding and nutrition / edited by Antonello Cannas and Giuseppe Pulina ; technical editor and reader of the English translation, Ana Helena Dias Francesconi.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Goats--Feeding and feeds.
- Goats.
- Goats--Nutrition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (307 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : CABI, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examining various aspects of dairy goat feeding and nutrition, this book represents a review of scientific research and techniques. It discusses aspects such as the modelling and production of goat's milk as well as the estimation of nutrient requirements and food intake of goats.
- Contents:
- Contents; Biographical Details of the Authors; 1 Nutrition and Quality of Goat's Milk; 2 Mathematical Modelling of Goat Lactation Curves; 3 Lipids of Goat's Milk: Origin, Composition and Main Sources of Variation; 4 Protein Components of Goat's Milk; 5 Aromatic and Nutritional Quality of Goat's Milk; 6 Energy and Protein Requirements of Goats; 7 Feed Intake; 8 Foraging Behaviour and Intake of Goats Browsing on Mediterranean Shrublands; 9 Grazing Management of Dairy Goats on Mediterranean Herbaceous Pastures; 10 Feeding Management of Dairy Goats in Intensive Systems
- 11 Goat Nutrition for Fibre Production12 Metabolic and Nutritional Diseases; Index
- Notes:
- "Original edition published in Italian under the title: L'alimentazione delle capre da latte, Avenue Media 2005, Bologna, Italy."
- ISBN:
- 1-281-20460-9
- 9786611204600
- 1-84593-349-4
- OCLC:
- 437196903
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