Dairy sheep nutrition [
Sheep milking is widespread throughout the Mediterranean, and is becoming more common in countries such as the UK, USA, Central America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Good nutrition is a critical factor in optimising dairy production from shep.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
CABI Publishing ,
c2004
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| Online Access: | https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2004/20043188298.pdf |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Milk production
- 2. Mathematical modelling of milk production patterns in dairy sheep
- 3. Energy and protein requirements
- 4. Dietary intake of vitamins and minerals, and water requirements
- 5. Feed intake
- 6. Feeding of lactating ewes
- 7 Nutrition and reproduction
- 8. Nutrition and milk quality
- 9. Feeding dairy lambs
- 10. Digestive disturbances and metabolic-nutritional disorders
- 11. Grazing management and stocking rate with particular reference to the mediterranean environment