Agrindex

Agrindex
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Publisher:
Total Pages: 1006
Release: 1995
Genre: Agriculture
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Matching Ruminant Production Systems with Available Resources in the Tropics and Sub-tropics

Matching Ruminant Production Systems with Available Resources in the Tropics and Sub-tropics
Author: Thomas Reginald Preston
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1987
Genre: Technology & Engineering
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Introduction; Livestock development strategies; integration: livestock with crops; Digestive physiology of ruminants; Metabolism; Manipulation of feeding & the rumen ecosystem; Control of feed inteke in ruminants; Guidelines for feeding systems; Feeding systems: straws & agro-industrial byproducts; Pasture-based feeding systems; Parasite/nutrition interactions; Nutritional principles smallholder livestock systems; Perspectives; Index.