Due to increased awareness and concern about animal health, due to increased incidence and seriousness of chronic non-communicable diseases in the developing world associated with the nutritional quality of (animal) food, and due to increased concern about climate change, animal nutrition has acquired new dimensions and additional significance. This book deals with some most important effects and recent possibilities of animal nutrition to improve animal health and to reduce environmental impact of animal production are discussed. Other specific topics of interest include food, malnutrition, vitamin deficiency, rumen fermentation, restricted feeding, inflammation, metabolic disorders, lifestyle-related illnesses, neoplasia, genetic diagnosis, and the development of supplements and drugs in animals.
Print ISBN: 9781682518137 | $155 | 2022 | Hardcover
Subject: Animal and Veterinary Science
Editor: Pascale Jeannin
About the editor: Pascale Jeannin, PhD, is serving as Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science. He wrote many scientific articles, research papers, book chapters and presentations on animal nutrition. He has also authored many scientific articles, researches and presentations on sheep-goat production/managements.