Phosphorus and calcium utilization and requirements in farm animals / edited by Dorinha M.S.S. Vitti, Animal Nutrition Laboratory, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Brazil and Ermias Kebreab, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, USA.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (ix, 178 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- Phosphorus in animal nutrition
- Calcium in animal nutrition
- Animal nutrition -- Requirements
- Feeds
- Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000)
- Animal Nutrition (Physiology)
- Pollution and Degradation
- Feed Composition and Quality
- Animal Wastes
- Techniques and Methodology
- Ruminants
- Animal feeding
- Bioavailability
- Calcium
- Diets
- Domestic animals
- Environmental impact
- Excretion
- Feeds
- Isotope dilution
- Livestock
- Nutrient availability
- Nutrient requirements
- Nutrition physiology
- Phosphorus
- Pollution
- Techniques
- LL180
- LL510
- PP600
- RR300
- XX100
- ZZ900
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- SF98.P5 P48 2010eb
This book contains 10 chapters that discuss phosphorus and calcium metabolism, efficiency of utilization, availability, requirements and excretion in livestock and environmental impact.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
General introduction / E. Kebreab and D.M.S.S. Vitti -- Isotope dilution technique / D.M.S.S. Vitti and J.C. da Silva Filho -- Kinetic models for the study of phosphorus metabolism in ruminants and monogastrics / J. France, R.S. Dias, E. Kebreab, D.M.S.S. Vitti, L.A. Crompton and S. Lopez -- Phosphorus and calcium utilization in ruminants using isotope dilution technique / D.M.S.S. Vitti, J.C. da Silva Filho, H. Louvandini, R.S. Dias, I.C.S. Bueno and E. Kebreab -- Phosphorus and calcium utilization in non-ruminants using isotope dilution technique / J.B. Lopes, C.E. Furtado, J.A. Moreira, J.C. da Silva Filho, R.A. Brandi, E. Kebreab and D.M.S.S. Vitti -- Bioavailability of calcium and phosphorus in feedstuffs for farm animals / E. Kiarie and C.M. Nyachoti -- Phosphorus and calcium nutrition and metabolism / T.L. Veum -- Phosphorus and calcium requirements of ruminants / K.F. Knowlton, D.K. Beede and E. Kebreab -- Dynamics of calcium and phosphorus metabolism in laying hens / S. de Vries, R.P. Kwakkel, J. Dijkstra -- Efficiency of phosphorus and calcium utilization in dairy cattle and implications for the environment / A. Bannink, L. Šebek and J. Dijkstra.
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