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Feeding the dairy cow / A.T. Chamberlain and J.M. Wilkinson.

By: Chamberlain, A.T [author.].
Contributor(s): Wilkinson, J. M. (John Michael), 1942- [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Hampshire : Chalcombe, 2015Copyright date: ©1996Description: 241 pages : graphs, tables ; 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780948617324 (paperback).Subject(s): Dairy cattle -- Feeding and feeds | Cattle -- Feeding and feedsDDC classification: 636.2142
Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1:Feeds ; Grass -- Supplementary feeds -- Part 2: Animal requirements ; Voluntary feed intake -- Energy -- Protein -- Minerals and vitamins -- Part 3: Diet formulation ; Predicting feed intake -- Calculating metabolisable energy supply and requirements -- Calculating metabolisable protein supply and requirements -- Calculating mineral requirements -- Part 4: Practical dairy cow feeding ; Designing diets and feeding systems -- Manipulating the composition of milk -- Feeding the high-yielding cow -- Feeding the cow before and after calving -- Nutrition, fertility and lameness -- Assessing nutritional status -- Practical diet formulation -- Part 5: Computer program supplement and exercises ; Computer program supplement & exercises -- Part 6: Tables ; Tables of requirements and feed analyses.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 636.2142 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00161834
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 636.2142 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00161835
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Comprehensive and best selling guide for farmers and advisers who wish to become more adept at solving nutritional problems and at devising improved diets for efficient milk production. Included is diet formulation computer program.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part 1:Feeds ; Grass -- Supplementary feeds -- Part 2: Animal requirements ; Voluntary feed intake -- Energy -- Protein -- Minerals and vitamins -- Part 3: Diet formulation ; Predicting feed intake -- Calculating metabolisable energy supply and requirements -- Calculating metabolisable protein supply and requirements -- Calculating mineral requirements -- Part 4: Practical dairy cow feeding ; Designing diets and feeding systems -- Manipulating the composition of milk -- Feeding the high-yielding cow -- Feeding the cow before and after calving -- Nutrition, fertility and lameness -- Assessing nutritional status -- Practical diet formulation -- Part 5: Computer program supplement and exercises ; Computer program supplement & exercises -- Part 6: Tables ; Tables of requirements and feed analyses.

CIT Module AGRI 8003 - Core reading.