Dairy sheep nutrition /

Contents
Presentation
by Battista Piras 7
Chapter 1
Milk production
by Giuseppe Pulina and Anna Nudda 11
Chapter 2
Mathematical modelling of milk production pattern in dairy sheep
by Aldo Cappio-Borlino, Nicolò P.P. Macciotta and Giuseppe Pulina 29
Chapter 3
Energy and protein requirements
by Antonello Cannas 55
Chapter 4
Dietary intake of vitamins and minerals and water requirements
by Giovanni Annicchiarico and Luigi Taibi 83
Chapter 5
Feed intake
by Marcella Avondo and Lucio Lutri 105
Chapter 6
Feeding of lactating ewes
by Antonello Cannas 123
Chapter 7
Nutrition and reproduction
by Salvatore Pier Giacomo Rassu, Giuseppe Enne,
Sebastiano Ligios and Giovanni Molle 167
Chapter 8
Nutrition and milk quality
by Anna Nudda, Gianni Battacone, Roberta Bencini and Giuseppe Pulina 197
Chapter 9
Feeding dairy lambs
by Paolo Brandano, Salvatore Pier Giacomo Rassu and Alfio Lanza 229
Chapter 10
Digestive disturbances and metabolic-nutritional disorders
by Massimo Morgante 245
Chapter 11
Grazing management and stocking rate
with particular reference to Mediterranean environments
by Giovanni Molle, Mauro Decandia, Sebastiano Ligios, Nicola Fois, Timothy T. Treacher and Maria Sitzia 285
Chapter 12
A prototyping tool for nutritional requirement estimation models
by Tiziano Bettati and Marco Ilic 315
Biographical details of the authors 327
Acronyms 333
Synoptic index



Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Sheep Nutrition, Sheep Feeding and feeds, Ewes Nutrition, Ewes Feeding and feeds, Sheep milk