Nutritional Ecology of the Ruminant: Ruminant Metabolism, Nutritional Strategies, the Cellulolytic Fermentation, and the Chemistry of Forages and Plant Fibers

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O & B Books, 1982 - Nature - 374 pages
Nutrition and the ruminant; Evolution and role of the ruminant; Ruminant nutrition: a historical perspective; Nutritional quality; Quality of feedstuffs; Fecal composition, mathematics of digestion balances and markers; Environment and forage; Chemistry of forages and feeds; Analytical systems for evaluation of feeds; Carbohydrates; Refractory and inhibitory substances; Forage conservation; Gastrointestinal fermentation; Rumen microbes; Rumen anatomy and function; The lower tract; The kinetics of digestion; Metabolic functions; Nitrogen metabolism; Intermediary metabolism; Lipids; The whole animal; Intake; Efficiency; The free-ranging animal; Limitations of ruminants.

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