Voluntary Food Intake and Diet Selection in Farm Animals
This book is, in part, a second edition of the author’s previous work The Voluntary Food Intake of Farm Animals (Butterworths, 1986). However, it has been revised and extended to such an extent that it is effectively a new book in its own right. More emphasis has been placed on diet selection, learning and appetites. All other sections have been brought up-to-date and completely reorganized.\ The text is copiously referenced to provide access to the original literature. It represents a...
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The feeding of farm animals directly effects their growth, health, reproduction and ultimately their economic value and is consequently one of the most studied areas of animal science. Building on the first edition and its predecessor, The Voluntary Food Intake of Farm Animals, Forbes has produced an up-to-date and more focused examination of developments in the understanding of voluntary food intake and new ideas and studies relating to diet selection. Chapters have been reorganized and updated to provide a more streamlined approach.
Preface1Introduction12Feeding Behaviour113Feedback Signals384Ruminant Gastrointestinal Tract585Metabolites and Hormones816Central Nervous Control1037Integrative Theories of Food Intake Control1308Growth and Fattening1529Reproduction and Lactation18610Diet Digestibility and Concentration of Available Energy20411Specific Nutrients Affecting Intake22612Learning about Food: Preferences24713Diet Selection27714Appetites for Specific Nutrients30415Environmental Factors Affecting Intake33216The Intake of Fresh and Conserved Grass35417Prediction of Voluntary Intake38418Epilogue416Appendix 1: Particular Features of Poultry and Ruminant Animals425Appendix 2: Outline Program to Identify and Store Meals from the Identities of Animals and Weights of Food Containers429References432Index521
\ From the Publisher"There can be few texts on feeding that cover such a broad range of disciplines, from feeding behavior to modeling of food intake...The book will provide a ready introduction into the many facets of food intake control, and readers will be enthused by the author's obvious love of the area."\ "Forbes' book is an invaluable reference volume not only for scientists and researchers, but also for postgraduate and undergraduate students studying animal nutrition...because this book is written in clear language, is well illustrated, and details fundamental scientific concepts."\ \ \
