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Title Feeding in domestic vertebrates : from structure to behaviour / edited by V. Bels
Published Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (x, 360 pages) : illustrations
Contents Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Feeding Structures in Birds; 3 Feeding Behaviour and Mechanisms in Domestic Birds; 4 Ontogeny of Feeding in Mammals; 5 Teeth, Jaws and Muscles in Mammalian Mastication; 6 Feeding and Welfare in Domestic Animals: A Darwinistic Framework; 7 Food Choice and Intake in Chickens; 8 Feed Restriction and Welfare in Domestic Birds; 9 Feeding Ostriches; 10 Feeding Behaviour in Pigs; 11 Feeding Behaviour in Rabbits; 12 Mastication and Feeding in Horses; 13 Foraging in Domestic Herbivores: Linking the Internal and External Milieux
Summary The aim of this volume is to provide advanced students and researchers with a review of current knowledge of feeding in domestic mammals and birds. The first few chapters cover feeding structures and mechanisms in birds and mammals. The rest of the book then presents chapters on feeding behavior in particular species
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Animal nutrition.
Animal feeding.
Feeds.
Veterinary physiology.
Animals -- Food.
Nutrition.
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Animal Feed
Animal Nutrition Sciences
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
Horses.
Ostriches.
Pigs.
Rabbits.
Ruminants.
Animal behaviour.
Animal feeding.
Animal nutrition.
Behaviour.
Domestic animals.
Feeding behaviour.
Livestock.
Poultry.
Nutrition
Animals -- Food
Animal feeding
Animal nutrition
Feeds
Veterinary physiology
Form Electronic book
Author Bels, V. L. (Vincent L.)
LC no. 2005032295
ISBN 1845931068
9781845931063
1280735945
9781280735943
9786610735945
6610735948