1st Edition
Animals, Feed, Food And People An Analysis Of The Role Of Animals In Food Production
Edited By R. L. Baldwin
Copyright 1980
174 Pages
by
CRC Press
174 Pages
by
CRC Press
174 Pages
by
CRC Press
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This book examines the efficiency and economics of animal production, feed resource availability, interactions between plant and animal agricultures, international trade, resource allocation, roles of animals in developing countries, and the nutritional values and limitations of animal products.
1. Alternative Strategies in Food-Animal Production 2. Implications of International Trade on Resources for Animal Production 3. Opportunities for Forage, Waste and By-Product Conversion to Human Food by Ruminants 4. Opportunities for Waste and By-Product Conversion to Human Food by Non-Ruminants 5. Past, Present and Future Resource Allocation to Livestock Production 6. The Role of Animals in Developing Countries 7. Animal Foods, Past, Present and Future: A Nutritionist's View
Biography
R. L. Baldwin is professor and chairman of the Department of Animal Science at the University of California, Davis. His fields of interest are nutritional energetics, digestion and metabolism in ruminants, and the mathematical analysis of animal systems. He is currently associate editor of the Journal of Nutrition.
