[PDF] The Voluntary Food Intake Of Farm Animals eBook

Author : J. M. Forbes
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 21,5 MB
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1483161838

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The Voluntary Food Intake of Farm Animals offers a wide discussion on food intake among farm animals. The book presents various studies, facts, details, and theories that are relevant to the subject. The first chapter begins by explaining the basic definition and significance of voluntary food intake. This topic is followed by discussions on meal patterns, the main features of eating, and the similarities between species. The next chapter explores theories about the food intake control, which are divided into two types: single-factor theories and multiple-factor theories. In Chapter 3, the discussion is on the food’s pathway, including elaborations on the various receptors. Chapter 4 considers the central nervous system’s involvement in the voluntary food intake and the energy balance regulation. The next couple of chapters highlight the possible reasons that affect food intake; among them are pregnancy, fattening, physical growths, and the environment. In the book’s remaining chapters, the discussion revolves around grass intake and the prediction and manipulation of voluntary food intake. The book serves as a valuable reference for undergraduates and postgraduates of biology and its related fields.

Author : John Michael Forbes
Publisher : CABI
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 13,75 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1845932803

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This book contains an up to date and more focused examination of developments in the understanding of voluntary food intake and new ideas and studies related to diet selection. New chapters are introduced and old ones are rewritten and reorganized in a more readable style by using extensive reference to books and reviews. The book is intended for animal nutritionists, animal scientists, farm owners and managers, veterinarians and students.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 12,28 MB
Release : 1987-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 030903695X

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How much do animals eat? Why do eating patterns change? How do physiological, dietary, and environmental factors affect feed intake? This volume, a comprehensive overview of the latest animal feed intake research, answers these questions with detailed information about the feeding patterns of fishes, pigs, poultry, dairy cows, beef cattle, and sheep. Equations for calculating predicted feed intake are presented for each animal and are accompanied by charts, graphs, and tables.

Author : Clive J. C. Phillips
Publisher : Springer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 29,1 MB
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319273566

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This book explores the importance of good nutrition in ensuring an adequate standard of welfare for farm animals. It is often not realized that farm animals can suffer when they are fed unsuitable diets, which may be because these diets are more economic or the farmer does not know how to rectify poor nutrition. This book reveals how to recognize and deal with feeding problems in farm animals, when the animal’s behaviour is indicating a deficiency, through oral stereotypies for example. Feeding livestock in emergency situations can present special challenges, and the availability of clean and potable water, one of the essential components of life, can also be an unrecognized problem for many farm animals. Feeding farm animals effectively is rarely recognized for the major welfare issue that it is. We may assume that animals in intensive husbandry conditions have adequate feed, yet it is often too concentrated and designed primarily to immediately maximize production from the animals, in the form of growth, milk yield or reproduction. In extensive rangeland conditions adequate feed supply also cannot be assured, potentially leading to undernutrition with serious consequences for the health and even survival of livestock. This book will provide a much-needed review of the relationships between nutrition and the welfare of farm animals.

Author : Daan Heide
Publisher : Cabi
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 23,10 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Medical
ISBN :

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Natural feeding, feeding modes, preferences and behaviour; Physiological regulation of feed intake: genetic, metabolic, hormonal and neural regulations; Environmental factors and feed intake: feeding behaviour, feed choice and feeding habits.

Author : Philip C. Garnsworthy
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 44,42 MB
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1483100189

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Nutrition and Lactation in the Dairy Cow is the proceedings of the 46th University of Nottingham Easter School in Agricultural Science. Said symposium was concerned with the significant advances in the field of nutrition and lactation in the dairy cow. The book is divided in five parts. Part I deals with the principles behind nutrition and lactation of cows. Part II discusses the cow’s nutrient interactions; responses to nutrients that yield protein and energy; and the influence of nutrient balance and milk yields. Part III tackles the efficiency of energy utilization in cows and its relation to milk production. Part IV talks about food intake of cows and the factors that affect it, while Part V deals with the different feeding systems for cows. The text is recommended for those involved in raising cows and dairy production, especially those who would like to know more and make studies about the relationship of nutrition and lactation of cows.