Dairy Sheep Nutrition

About this book

Provides an essential guide to all aspects of dairy sheep nutrition including milk production, protein, energy, mineral and vitamin nutrition, feed intake, nutrition and milk quality, grazing and stock rate management and nutrition in milk quality.

Contents

Milk production, G Pulina and A Nudda, Universita di Sassari, Italy; Mathematical modelling of milk production pattern in dairy sheep, A Cappio-Borlino, N P P Macciotta and G Pulina. Universita di Sassari, Italy; Energy and protein requirements, A Cannas, Universita di Sassari, Italy; Dietary intake of vitamins and minerals and water requirements, G Annicchiarico and L Taibl, Experimental Institute for Animal Husbandry, Rome, Italy; Feed intake, M Avondo, University of Catania, Italy, and L Lutri, Istituto Sperimentale Zootecnico per la Sicilia, Sicily; Feeding of lactating ewes, A Cannas; Nutrition and reproduction, S P G Rassu, G Enne, Universita di Sassari, Italy, S Ligios and G Molle, Sardinian Institute for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Farming, Sardinia; Nutrition and milk quality, A Nudda, G Battacone, Universita di Sassari, Italy, R Bencini, The University of Western Australia, Australia, and G Pulina; Feeding dairy lambs, P Brandano and S P G Rassu, Universita di Sassari, Italy, and A Lanza, University of Catania, Italy; Digestive disturbances and metabolic-nutritional disorders, M Morgante, University of Padova, Italy; Grazing management and stocking rate with particular reference to Mediterranean environments, G Molle, M Decandia, S Ligios, N Fois, Sardinian Institute for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Farming, Sardinia, T T Treacher, Oxford, UK, and M Sitzia, Sardinian Institute for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Farming, Sardinia

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