Presenting the major principles of nutrition of both domestic and wild animals, this book takes a comparative approach, recognising that there are considerable differences in nutrient digestion, metabolism and requirements among various mammalian and avian species.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• PART I INTRODUCTION AND DIGESTIVE TRACT PHYSIOLOGY
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Digestive Physiology: Autoenzymatic Digesters
• 3 Digestive Physiology: Alloenzymatic Digesters
• PART II PROTEIN, AMINO ACID AND NITROGEN METABOLISM
• 4 Protein and Amino Acid Structures and Properties
• 5 Protein Digestion
• 6 Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism and Function
• PART III CARBOHYDRATES
• 7 Carbohydrate Structure
• 8 Carbohydrate Digestion and Absorption
• 9 Cellular Metabolism of Carbohydrates
• PART IV LIPIDS
• 10 Lipid Structure
• 11 Lipid Digestion
• 12 Fat and Fatty Acid Metabolism
• 13 Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidant Nutrients
• PART V INTEGRATION OF METABOLISM
• 14 Energy Metabolism, Hibernation and Amino Acids and Lipids as Metabolic Fuels
• 15 Energy Storage and the Ancestral Human Diet
• 16 Disorders and Unique Aspects of Energy Metabolism
• 17 Feeding Behaviour and Regulation of Feed Intake
• PART VI STRUCTURAL FEATURES
• 18 The Skeletal System: Calcium, Phosphorus and Vitamin D
• 19 The Integument, Pigmentation, Membranes and Extracellular Matrix
• PART VII WATER AND BODY FLUIDS
• 20 Water
• 21 Blood, Electrolytes, Fluid Balance and Diet-induced Anaemias
• PART VIII REPRODUCTION AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
• 22 Nutrition and Reproduction
• 23 Nutrition and Immunity in Ruminants -
• 24 Nutrition and the Inflammatory Response
• Appendix: Answers to Study Guide Questions