Modelling Nutrient Digestion and Utilisation in Farm Animals - Rilegato

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 9086861563 ISBN 13: 9789086861569

Casa editrice: RITTENHOUSE BK DISTRIBUTORS IN, 2010

Riassunto

For more than 30 years, modelling has been an important method for integrating, in a flexible, comprehensive and widely applicable way, basic knowledge and biological concepts on digestion and metabolism in farm animals. The purpose of this book is to present the 'state of art' in this area. The chapters are written by leading teams and researchers in this field of study, mainly from Europe, North America and Australasia. Considerable progress has been made in topics dealing with: modelling methods, feeding behaviour, digestion and metabolic processes in ruminants and monogastric animals. This progress is clearly illustrated by the emergence of a new paradigm in animal nutrition, which has moved from the aim to cover the requirements of the animal to explaining and predicting the responses of the animals to diets (e.g., productivity and efficiency, impact on quality of products, environmental aspects, health and well-being). In this book several chapters illustrate that through empirical models, meta-analysis is an efficient tool to synthesize information gathered over recent decades. In addition, compared with other books on modelling farm animal nutrition, two new aspects received particular attention: expanding knowledge of the individual animal to understanding the functioning and management of herds, and the consideration of the environmental impact of animal production. This book is a valuable source of information for researchers, nutritionists, advisors, and graduate students who want to have up-to-date and concise information on mathematical modelling applied to farm animals.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: RITTENHOUSE BK DISTRIBUTORS IN
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9086861563
• ISBN 13: 9789086861569
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 427
• Redattore: Sauvant D., Et Al
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile