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Digestive Physiology and Metabolism in Ruminants

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    Chapter 1 Historical profile of early digestive studies
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    Chapter 2 The mixing and propulsion of the stomach contents of ruminants
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    Chapter 3 Rhythms of abomaso—intestinal motility
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    Chapter 4 The mechanisms controlling abomasal emptying and secretion
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    Chapter 5 Ingestive behaviour and related activities in ruminants
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    Chapter 6 Learning and associated factors in ruminant feeding behaviour
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    Chapter 7 Hormones and metabolites in the control of food intake
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    Chapter 8 Central control of water and salt intake in goats and sheep
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    Chapter 9 Microbial ecology of the rumen
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    Chapter 10 Factors affecting microbial growth yields in the reticulo-rumen
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    Chapter 11 Adherent rumen bacteria — their role in the digestion of plant material, urea and epithelial cells
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    Chapter 12 Mathematical modelling in analyses of ruminant digestive function: philosophy, methodology and application
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    Chapter 13 Digestion and end-product formation in the rumen from production rations
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    Chapter 14 The effect of conservation and processing on the digestion of forages by ruminants
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    Chapter 15 Possible nutritional constraints in meeting energy and amino acid requirements of the highly productive ruminant
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    Chapter 16 Chemical control of rumen microbial metabolism
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    Chapter 17 The pathophysiological effects of gastrointestinal and liver parasites in sheep
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    Chapter 18 Influence of minerals in rumen microbial digestion
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    Chapter 19 Dietary composition and the absorption of trace elements by ruminants
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    Chapter 20 Calcium and phosphate homoeostasis in ruminants and its relationship to the aetiology and prevention of parturient paresis
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    Chapter 21 Magnesium metabolism and hypomagnesaemia
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    Chapter 22 Energy costs of digestion and metabolism in the gut
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    Chapter 23 Propionate metabolism and vitamin B 12
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    Chapter 24 Amino acid metabolism and hormonal control during growth
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    Chapter 25 Lactic acid metabolism
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    Chapter 26 Mobilization, turnover and disposition of adipose tissue lipids
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    Chapter 27 Digestive adaptation in the preruminant
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    Chapter 28 Adaptation to changes in dietary composition, level and frequency of feeding
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    Chapter 29 Adaptation to diets containing significant amounts of non-protein nitrogen
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    Chapter 30 Utilization of tropical feeds by ruminants
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    Chapter 31 Processing of animal waste by feeding to ruminants
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    Chapter 32 Evolution of microbial digestion in mammals
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    Chapter 33 Microbial digestion: rumen versus large intestine
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    Chapter 34 Coprophagy and related strategies for digesta utilization
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    Chapter 35 The role of the ruminant’s digestive tract as a water reservoir
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    Chapter 36 The digestive physiology of wild ruminants
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    Chapter 37 Place of herbivores in the agricultural ecosystems
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Title
Digestive Physiology and Metabolism in Ruminants
Published by
Springer Netherlands, December 2012
DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-8067-2
ISBNs
978-9-40-118069-6, 978-9-40-118067-2
Editors

Ruckebusch, Y., Thivend, P.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 55 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 16%
Student > Master 8 15%
Student > Bachelor 6 11%
Other 4 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 4%
Other 5 9%
Unknown 21 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 25 45%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 4 7%
Arts and Humanities 1 2%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 2%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 2%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 23 42%