This is a
comprehensively written textbook aimed to meet the curricular requirements of
all undergraduate veterinary students as per the Veterinary Council of India's
MSVE program, postgraduate as well as the doctoral students in the subject. The
addition of updated ICAR 2024 nutrient requirements in this edition has added
tremendously to the reference value of this book. The book now carries the
watchword.
Complete information on ruminant nutrition in a
comprehensible way
This title will serve
as a rich resource in providing cutting-edge information on ruminant feeding to
students, •teachers and •scientists of animal production and health
disciplines. It is also designed to serve as a useful guide for •field
veterinarians and •extension workers of departments of agriculture and animal
husbandry.
Table of Contents
•
Introduction to
Feeding of Livestock: Importance of Scientific Feeding; Feeding Experiments
•
Evaluation of Feeds
by Digestion Experiments
•
Methods Adopted for
Arriving at Nutrient Requirements of Livestock; Energy and Protein Requirements
for Maintenance, Production and Reproduction, Requirement for Minerals and
Vitamins
•
Feeding Standards:
History, their Uses and Significance
•
Cattle and Buffalo
Nutrition
•
Unconventional Feeds:
Characteristics and their Utilisation in Livestock Feeding
•
Small Ruminant Nutrition
•
Feed Intake in
Ruminants: Prediction of DMI in Dairy Cow
•
Effect or Influence
of Nutrition on Reproduction in Ruminants
•
Rumen Modifiers for
Today's Dairy Animals
•
Efficiency of Feed
Conversion to Animal Products
•
Development of
Efficient Feeding System for Ruminant Animals
•
Transition Dairy
Animal Nutrition and Reproduction
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