Effect of Environment on Nutrient Requirements of Domestic Animals

Sections

• PREFACE
• CAN Subcommittee on Environmental Stress
• COMMITTEE ON ANIMAL NUTRITION
• BOARD ON AGRICULTURE AND RENEWABLE RESOURCES
• COMMISSION ON NATURAL RESOURCES
• INTRODUCTION
• I. FARM ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  • Animal-Environment Interactions
  • Environment—Nutrition Interactions
  • Basal Metabolism
  • Feed Intake
  • Forage-Temperature Interaction on Feed Intake
  • Water-Environment Interactions
  • Nutritional Efficiency
• II. APPROACHES FOR PRACTICAL NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT
  • Beef Cattle
  • Dairy Cattle
  • Sheep
  • Swine
  • Poultry
• EPILOGUE
• REFERENCES