Voluntary food intake and diet selection in farm animals

Feeding behaviour -- Feedbacks from the gastrointestinal tract -- Metabolites and hormones -- Central nervous system and the special senses -- Learning about food; conditioned preferences and aversions -- Diet selection - principles -- Diet selection - practicalities -- Integrative theories of food...

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1. Verfasser: Forbes, John Michael (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oxfordshire u.a. CABI North American Office 2007
Ausgabe:2. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:Feeding behaviour -- Feedbacks from the gastrointestinal tract -- Metabolites and hormones -- Central nervous system and the special senses -- Learning about food; conditioned preferences and aversions -- Diet selection - principles -- Diet selection - practicalities -- Integrative theories of food intake control -- Minimal total discomfort -- Diet digestibility, energy concentration and supplementation of forages -- Protein and other nutrients -- Appetites for specific nutrients -- Silage -- Growth and fattening -- Reproduction and lactation -- Environmental factors affecting intake
Feeding behaviour -- Feedbacks from the gastrointestinal tract -- Metabolites and hormones -- Central nervous system and the special senses -- Learning about food; conditioned preferences and aversions -- Diet selection - principles -- Diet selection - practicalities -- Integrative theories of food intake control -- Minimal total discomfort -- Diet digestibility, energy concentration and supplementation of forages -- Protein and other nutrients -- Appetites for specific nutrients -- Silage -- Growth and fattening -- Reproduction and lactation -- Environmental factors affecting intake
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Previous ed.: 1995
Beschreibung:VIII, 453 S.
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ISBN:9781845932794
978-1-84593-279-4