Nutritional Ecology of the Ruminant (Comstock Book) Second Edition

Description This monumental text-reference places in clear persepctive the importance of nutritional assessments to the ecology and biology of ruminants and other nonruminant herbivorous mammals. Now extensively revised and significantly expanded, it reflects the changes and growth in ruminant nutrition and related ecology since 1982.Among the subjects Peter J. Van Soest covers are nutritional constraints, mineral nutrition, rumen fermentation, microbial ecology, utilization of fibrous carbohydrates, application of ruminant precepts to fermentive digestion in nonruminants, as well as taxonomy, evolution, nonruminant competitors, gastrointestinal anatomies, feeding behavior, and problems fo animal size. He also discusses methods of evaluation, nutritive value, physical struture and chemical composition of feeds, forages, and broses, the effects of lignification, and ecology of plant self-protection, in addition to metabolism of energy, protein, lipids, control of feed intake, mathematical models of animal function, digestive flow, and net energy.Van Soest has introduced a number of changes in this Edition – PDF Version, including new illustrations and tables. He places nutritional studies in historical context to show not only the effectiveness of nutritional approaches but also why nutrition is of fundamental importance to issues of world conservation. He has extended precepts of ruminant nutritional ecology to such distant adaptations as the giant panda and streamlined conceptual issues in a clearer logical progression, with emphasis on mechanistic causal interrelationships.Peter J. Van Soest is Professor of Animal Nutrition in the Department of Animal Science and the Division of Nutritional Sciences at the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University.Features: Handling Can be download Immediately after paid All ebooks are guaranteed to be sent to customers’ email address within 5 mins to 6 hours after paid, usually can download immediately after paid . Customers can email us for urgent order, we will reply ASAP. DeliveryIf you don’t receive the download link from 24 – 48 hours or have trouble when download file, please contact us at our Email address, we would send you an alternate download link as soon as possible within 24 hours. Refund PolicyAll the content is emailed instantly in your inbox so all our customers are happy and satisfied with the purchased product. If something isn’t right we are happy to accept a return subject to the Return and Exchange Policy below The books are missingcontents. If an item is faulty, wrongly described, or different from the sample shown then we will meet our legal obligation which may include refunding the purchase price and delivery charges. Duplicated Orders which are purchased accidentally.We only refund one of them. Besides these cases, our store does not accept return or refund due to the nature of our products and the price. FeedbackWe take our reputation seriously, we buy and sell online, so we understand the value of trust. If you are unsatisfied with your order, please contact us and we will work with you to resolve it to your satisfaction.