Predicting Feed Intake of Food-Producing Animals.

Predicting Feed Intake of Food-Producing Animals.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staff, National Research Council
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1900.
Subjects:
Feeds.
Animal nutrition.
Livestock.
Fishes > Feeding and feeds.
Fishes > Food.
Fishes > Food
Animal nutrition
Feeds
Fishes > Feeding and feeds
Livestock
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Predicting Feed Intake of Food-Producing Animals""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction: Feed Intake Control Mechanisms ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OVERVIEW OF CONTROL SYSTEMS""; ""Digestive Tract""; ""Metabolites""; ""Hormones""; ""Brain""; ""Other Factors""; ""REGULATORY PEPTIDES""; ""Cholecystokinin""; ""Opioid Peptides""; ""THE ROLE OF FEED INTAKE IN THE REGULATION OF ENERGY BALANCE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Fishes ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS""; ""PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS""; ""DIETARY FACTORS""; ""Nutrient Deficiency""
  • ""Food Particle Size and Composition""""Feeding Stimulants""; ""Feed Quality""; ""PREDICTING FEED INTAKE""; ""Feeding Equation Derivation""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Swine ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""FEED INTAKE OF GROWING PIGS""; ""Suckling Pig""; ""Weanling Pig""; ""Growing Pig""; ""VOLUNTARY FEED INTAKE DURING GESTATION""; ""VOLUNTARY FEED INTAKE DURING LACTATION""; ""FACTORS AFFECTING VOLUNTARY FEED INTAKE""; ""Physiological Factors""; ""Environmental Factors""; ""Nutritional Factors""; ""PREDICTING VOLUNTARY FEED INTAKE""; ""EXAMPLE PREDICTIONS""; ""Validation""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Poultry ""
  • ""INTRODUCTION""""FEED INTAKE CONTROL MECHANISMS""; ""Glucostatic Theory""; ""Thermostatic Theory""; ""Lipostatic Theory""; ""Aminostatic Theory""; ""Ionostatic Theory""; ""Role of Brain Structure""; ""Summary""; ""ESTIMATING FEED INTAKE OF LAYING HENS""; ""ESTIMATING FEED INTAKE OF BROILERS""; ""CALCULATIONS OF DRY MATTER INTAKE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Dairy Cattle ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""LACTATION RESPONSE""; ""LIMITING FORAGE INTAKE""; ""COMPUTING ESTIMATES OF DRY MATTER INTAKE""; ""Environmental Temperature""; ""Metabolites""; ""Meals and Meal Patterns""
  • ""Grinding and Pelleting""""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 Beef Cattle ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS""; ""Body Size and Production Demands""; ""Mature Size and Sex""; ""Age""; ""Genetic Variance""; ""Breed Type""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS""; ""Temperature and Weather""; ""Photoperiod and Timing of Feeding""; ""Forage Availability for Grazing Cattle""; ""DIETARY FACTORS""; ""Diet Water Content""; ""Degree of Fermentation""; ""Dietary Protein""; ""Feed Processing""; ""AN EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING INTAKE BY BEEF CATTLE""; ""Limitations""; ""Limitations""
  • ""Limitations""""Limitations""; ""Limitations""; ""Limitations""; ""Limitations""; ""Limitations""; ""SUMMARY OF FACTORS INFLUENCING INTAKE OF BEEF CATTLE""; ""APPLICATION OF EQUATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS""; ""Yearlings""; ""Calves""; ""Beef Cows""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 Sheep ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PHYSIOLOGICAL AND DIETARY FACTORS""; ""PREDICTING DRY MATTER INTAKE OF SHEEP""; ""EVALUATION OF EQUATIONS TO PREDICT INTAKE OF SHEEP""; ""MANAGEMENT TO MAXIMIZE INTAKE IN SHEEP""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Index""

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