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Nutritional Energetics of Domestic Animals and Glossary of Energy Terms.
Title:
Nutritional Energetics of Domestic Animals and Glossary of Energy Terms.
Author:
Staff, National Research Council.
ISBN:
9780309597517
Physical Description:
1 online resource (62 pages)
Contents:
Nutritional Energetics of Domestic Animals & Glossary of Energy Terms -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Nutritional Energetics of Domestic Animals and Glossary of Energy Terms -- INTRODUCTION -- UNITS OF MEASUREMENT -- BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF ENERGY PARTITION -- DEFINITION OF TERMS -- CONVENTIONAL SCHEME -- RELATIONSHIP OF ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE TO ENERGY METABOLISM -- SYSTEMS USED TO EXPRESS FEED ENERGY VALUES AND AN ANIMAL'S REQUIREMENT FOR ENERGY -- Digestible Energy -- Metabolizable Energy -- Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN) -- Physiological Fuel Values (PFV) -- Net Energy Concepts -- Efficiency of Metabolizable Energy Utilization -- APPLICATION TO GROWING RUMINANTS -- APPLICATION TO LACTATING RUMINANTS -- APPLICATION TO NONRUMINANT HERBIVORES, ESPECIALLY HORSES AND RABBITS -- APPLICATION TO SWINE -- APPLICATION TO POULTRY -- APPLICATION TO AQUATIC ANIMALS -- References -- Appendix -- UNITS OF MEASUREMENT -- COMBUSTIBLE ENERGY FRACTIONS -- SOURCES OF HEAT PRODUCTION -- FEED EVALUATION TERMINOLOGY.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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