Matching Ruminant Production Systems with Available Resources in the
Tropics and Sub-Tropics

T R Preston and R A Leng
trpreston@mekarn.org    rleng@ozemail.com.au

Preface

Foreword

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2:Livestock Development Strategies

Chapter 3: Digestive Physiology of Ruminants

Chapter 4: Metabolism                                                                 

Chapter 5: Manipulation of Feeding and the Rumen Ecosystem

Chapter 6: Control of Feed Intake in Ruminants

Chapter 7: Guidelines for Feeding Systems  

Chapter 8: Feeding Systems: Straws and Agro-Industrial Byproducts

Chapter 9: Pasture-based Feeding Systems

Chapter 10: Parasite/Nutrition Interactions

Chapter  11:Nutritional Principles: Smallholder Livestock Systems  

Chapter 12:Perspectives                                                                                                               

Chapter 13:References   

Acknowlegments
 

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