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BL
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738124
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b558003
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edited by M. Freer and H. Dove.
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| Title & Author
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Sheep nutrition\ edited by M. Freer and H. Dove.
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| Publication Statement
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Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA: CABI Pub. in association with CSIRO Pub., ©2002.
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(x, 385 pages) : illustrations
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| ISBN
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0851998771
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: 9780851998770
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| Contents
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Contributors; Preface; 1 Nutritive Value of Herbage; 2 Constraints on Feed Intake by Grazing Sheep; 3 Food Choice; 4 Microbial Ecology of the Ovine Rumen; 5 Digestion and Metabolism; 6 Principles of Supplementary Feeding in Sheep-grazing Systems; 7 Nutrition for Maintenance; 8 Nutrition and Wool Growth; 9 Nutrition for Conception and Pregnancy; 10 Nutrition during Lactation; 11 Nutrition for Sheep-meat Production; 12 Nutrition of Sheep under Rangeland Conditions; 13 Trace-element and Vitamin Nutrition of Grazing Sheep; 14 Interactions between Gastrointestinal Parasites and Nutrients.
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| Abstract
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This book provides a review of the current state of knowledge on all aspects of sheep nutrition. The main emphasis is on sheep grazing in systems that range from intensively utilized sown pastures to extensive rangelands.
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Sheep -- Feeding and feeds.
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Sheep -- Nutrition.
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Sheep.
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| LC Classification
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SF376.E358 2002
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H Dove
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M Freer
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