Download or read book Applied Nutrition, 2/E written by Reddy and published by Oxford and IBH Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is useful to post-graduate students of Animal Sciences, teachers and scientists of animal nutrition discipline, personnel of feed industry involved in feed manufacturing and marketing, field veterinarians, animal husbandry extension workers and progressive animal farmers & animal lovers. Contents: Part I: Applied Nutrition 1 (Livestock and Poultry Nutrition): Introduction to Feeding of Livestock-Importance of Scientific Feeding-Feeding Experiments / Evaluation of Feeds by Digestion Experiments / Methods Adopted for Arriving at Nutrient Requirements of Livestock and Poultry; Energy and Protein Requirements for Maintenance, Production and Reproduction Requirement for Minerals and Vitamins / Feeding Standards-History-their uses and Significance / Nutritional Requirements of Indian Cattle and Buffaloes / Unconventional Feeds: Characteristics and their Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Feeding / Small Ruminant Nutrition / Poultry Nutrition Formulation of Poultry Diets / Swine Nutrition / Efficiency of Feed Conversion to Animal Products in Farm Animals and Poultry Part II: Applied Nutrition II (Human, Pet, Rabbit and Laboratory Animal Nutrition): Body Composition of Animals / Effect of Processing on Nutritive Value of Foodstuffs / Hygienic Preparation and Preservation of Foods / Formulation of Special Diets for Therapeutic Purposes / Cat and Dog Nutrition / Rabbit Nutrition / Laboratory Animal Nutrition / Appendix: 1. Metabolic size for live body weight (Wkg 0.75) / Conversion factors / Prefix names of multiples and submultiples of units