Description
The Encyclopedia of Animal Nutrition, 2nd Edition, covers animal nutrition across a wide range of disciplines, including physiology, biochemistry, veterinary medicine and feed technology. Through approximately 3000 entries ranging from short definitions to more discursive articles, it discusses and illuminates on all aspects of this important topic. Key features include: – Covers every type of animal managed in developing and developed countries, from livestock and companion animals to those commonly found in laboratories and zoos; – Includes human nutrition as well as fish species used in aquaculture, and farmed invertebrates such as honey bees and prawns, and animals of localised significance such as yaks, snakes, crocodiles, and asses; – Addresses important societal topics in relation to nutrition, including welfare, environmental pollution, disease, resource use, and animal product quality. Written by a global team of contributors and expert section editors, this ebook is an important resource for researchers, students and advisers of animal nutrition and feed, as well as professionals in veterinary science, zoology, physiology, human health, and animal behaviour. 1,587 p.
- Clive J.C. Phillips, Editor-in-Chief. PhD in Dairy Cattle Nutrition and Behaviour. Lecturer in Farm Animal Production and Medicine at the Universities of Wales and Cambridge, heading research in cattle and sheep welfare. He became the inaugural holder of Australia’s Chair in Animal Welfare at the University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD (Australia), and founded the Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics. He was involved in the development and implementation of State and Federal Government welfare policies.
- Publication date (digital version): 2023-12 – CABI; Copyright © 2023 by CAB International.
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