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The latest edition of this classic text, now in a larger format with improved artwork, continues to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to the science and practice of animal nutrition. Animal Nutrition covers four main areas. Chapters 1-9 explain the basic chemistry and biochemistry of feed constituents, digestion and metabolism; Chapters 10-18 evaluate the energy and nutrient content of feedstuffs and discuss the assessment of nutritional requirements and ration formulation; Chapters 19-25 describe the characteristics of commonly used feedstuffs such as forages, concentrates and by-products; and the Appendix provides comprehensive tables on the composition of foods and feeding standards for dairy and beef cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry, and horses.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #104613 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 672 pages

From the Back Cover

The latest edition of this classic text, now in a larger format with improved artwork, continues to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to the science and practice of animal nutrition.

Animal Nutrition

covers four main areas. Chapters 1-9 explain the basic chemistry and biochemistry of feed constituents, digestion and metabolism; Chapters 10-18 evaluate the energy and nutrient content of feedstuffs and discuss the assessment of nutritional requirements and ration formulation; Chapters 19-25 describe the characteristics of commonly used feedstuffs such as forages, concentrates and by-products; and the Appendix provides comprehensive tables on the composition of foods and feeding standards for dairy and beef cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry, and horses.

The text is supported by key experimental evidence throughout. Quantitative aspects of the subject are clearly explained and illustrated by worked examples. For chapters dealing with the calculation of rations, problems and solutions have now been added to aid student learning.

New features for the sixth edition:
* New chapter on Animal Nutrition and the Consumers of Animal Products addressing contemporary concerns for safety in human diets

* New chapter on Feed Additives

* Major revisions of chapters on food analysis, lipids, metabolism, energy systems and protein evaluation
* Now includes comments on the nutrition of the horse and feeding standards for this species

* New chapter summaries and problems and solutions to aid student learning
* Updated suggestions for further reading

Animal Nutrition is a core text for undergraduates in Animal Science, Veterinary Science, Agriculture, Biology and Biochemistry studying this subject. It also provides a standard reference text for agricultural advisers, animal nutritionists and manufacturers of animal feeds.

P McDonald was formerly Head of the Department of Agricultural Biochemistry at Edinburgh School of Agriculture. R A Edwards was formerly Head of the Department of Animal Nutrition at Edinburgh School of Agriculture. J F D Greenhalgh is Emeritus Professor of Animal Production and Health at the University of Aberdeen. C A Morgan is an animal nutritionist at the Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh.

About the Author
Peter Mcdonald 's Affiliation: Formerly of Edinburgh School of Agriculture, UK J.F.D. Greenhalgh 's Affiliation: Formerly of the University of Aberdeen, UK R.A. Edwards 's Affiliation: Formerly of the Edinburgh School of Agriculture, UK C.A. Morgan's Affiliation: University of Edinburgh, UK

Customer Reviews

New version of an old friend
Few students of animal nutrition in the United Kingdom are likely to escape an encounter with this book. Now in its sixth edition it is a superb introduction to the subject for first and second year undergraduates reading animal science, agriculture and related subjects at university. I dare say that it will also be of use to farmers and others who are at the sharp end of animal feeding and wish to get a greater understanding of the underpinning issues. Minor gripes include that it is a little simplistic in places; I did feel that some subjects could have been dealt with more fully without increasing the length of the book too greatly. In addition, as with the last version of the book, the feeds nutrient composition tables at the back of the book still have some values missing; I cannot believe that it is that difficult to get these tables to a state of completion. Finally, the feeding standards for dairy cattle have recently been revamped, but these changes have come too late to be included in this version. These comments notwithstanding, I used an earlier version of this book in my own undergraduate studies, and it is the only book that I recommend to my own students of animal nutrition.

animal nutrition review
I found this book extremely helpful as my course Animal Science requires me to look at the nutrition of animals in some detail. I basically pick up this book after every lecture to verify my understanding of the material taught. It covers all the different nutrients in food, a brief description of the digestion and into some detail on producing animal diets. Which is something i needed for this course. So for anybody doing a similar animal related course, i would recommend this book.

Excellent
I'm at university and this book is great for some of the modules in my course. It is really helpful and easy to follow with some good diagrams to further explain things. However, it is important to bear in mind that it focuses on the nutrition of farm animals. But I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the nutrition of animals.