ANIMAL NUTRITION

                                                                          

 

• 1. The animal and its food


• 2. Carbohydrates


• 3. Lipids


• 4.Proteins, nucleic acids and other nitrogenous compounds


• 5. Vitamins


• 6. Minerals


• 7. Enzymes


• 8. Digestion


• 9. Metabolism


• 10. Evaluation of foods: digestibility


• 11. Evaluation of foods: energy content of foods and energy partition within the animal


• 12. Evaluation of foods: systems for expressing the energy value of foods


• 13. Evaluation of foods: protein


• 14. Feeding standards for maintenance and growth


• 15. Feeding standards for reproduction


• 16. Lactation


• 17. Voluntary intake of food


• 18. Grass and forage crops


• 19. Silage


• 20. Hay, artificially dried forages, straws and chaff


• 21. Roots, tubers and related by-products


• 22. Cereal grains and cereal by-products


• 23. Protein concentrates


• 24. Food additives


• 25. Animal nutrition and the consumers of animal products