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Uniform Title Alimentazione degli ovini da latte. English
Title Dairy sheep nutrition / edited by G. Pulina ; technical reader of English translation, R. Bencini
Published Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : illustrations
Series Cabi Ser
Cabi Ser
Contents Milk production / Giuseppe Pulina and Anna Nudda -- Mathematical modelling of milk production patterns in dairy sheep / Aldo Cappio-Borlino, Nicolò P.P. Macciotta and Giuseppe Pulina -- Energy and protein requirements / Antonello Cannas -- Dietary intake of vitamins and minerals, and water requirements / Giovanni Annicchiarico and Luigi Taibi -- Feed intake / Marcella Avondo and Lucio Lutri -- Feeding of lactating ewes / Antonello Cannas -- Nutrition and reproduction / Salvatore Pier Giacomo Rassu, Giuseppe Enne, Sebastiano Ligios and Giovanni Molle -- Nutrition and milk quality / Anna Nudda, Gianni Battacone, Roberta Bencini and Giuseppe Pulina -- Feeding dairy lambs / Paolo Brandano, Salvatore Pier Giacomo Rassu and Alfio Lanza -- Digestive disturbances and metabolic-nutritional disorders / Massimo Morgante -- Grazing management and stocking rate with particular reference to Mediterranean environments / Giovanni Molle, Mauro Decandia, Sebastiano Ligios, Nicola Fois, Timothy T. Treacher and Maria Sitzia
Summary "This book is a translation of a popular Italian text, originally published in 2001, and includes some revisions and updates. It contains chapters on all aspects of dairy sheep nutrition and feeding, such as milk production, feed intake, nutrition and reproduction, nutrition and milk quality, and grazing and stocking rate management. The book will appeal to researchers in sheep nutrition, vets and producers."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Sheep -- Nutrition
Sheep -- Feeding and feeds.
Ewes -- Nutrition
Ewes -- Feeding and feeds
Sheep milk.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
Sheep.
Animal nutrition.
Ewe feeding.
Ewe milk.
Ewes.
Feed intake.
Grazing.
Lamb feeding.
Mathematical models.
Metabolic disorders.
Milk production.
Milk quality.
Milk yielding animals.
Nutrient requirements.
Nutritional disorders.
Reproduction.
Sheep farming.
Sheep feeding.
Stocking rate.
Sheep -- Nutrition.
Sheep -- Feeding and feeds.
Ewes -- Nutrition.
Ewes -- Feeding and feeds.
Sheep milk.
Ewes -- Feeding and feeds.
Ewes -- Nutrition.
Sheep -- Feeding and feeds.
Sheep milk.
Sheep -- Nutrition.
Form Electronic book
Author Pulina, Giuseppe
Bencini, Roberta
LC no. 2004006555
ISBN 0851990487
9780851990484
128086611X
9781280866111