Rumenology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Millen, Danilo Domingues (Editor), De Beni Arrigoni, Mario (Editor), Lauritano Pacheco, Rodrigo Dias (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Animal anatomy.; Animal genetics.; Animal physiology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Physiology.; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.

The book combines information about the behaviour that allowed ruminants to survive and to evolve on Earth: the rumen. Furthermore, the reader will find aspects involving rumen anatomy, physiology, microbiology, fermentation, metabolism, manipulation, kinetics and modeling. Thus, the book was not on...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Anatomy and Physiology of the Rumen
• Chapter 2 Microbiology of the Rumen
• Chapter 3 Ruminal Fermentation
• Chapter 4 Lipid Metabolism in the Rumen
• Chapter 5 Ruminal Acidosis
• Chapter 6 Control and Manipulation of Ruminal Fermentation
• Chapter 7 Use of Virginiamycin in Cattle Feeding
• Chapter 8 Grain Processing for Beef Cattle
• Chapter 9 Net Nutrient Flux Across the Portal-Drained Viscera and Liver Ruminants
• Chapter 10 Rumen Models
• Chapter 11 Planning and Analyzing Digestibility Experiments. .