Ruminant Science - (Third Edition)

Author: Wang Fuzhao, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book is co-authored by agricultural colleges in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hebei Agricultural University, Henan Agricultural University, Southwest Agricultural University, Northwest A&F University, and China Agricultural University. It provides substantial and detailed materials with illustrations and is rich in content. The book includes: Introduction, Breeds and Dairy Cattle Varieties, Dairy Cattle Appearance Evaluation and Production Performance Testing, Dairy Cattle Behavior, Dairy Farm Construction and Environmental Protection, Dairy Cattle Breeding, Bull Station Construction and Frozen Semen Production, Calf Herd Reproduction, Replacement Calf Rearing, Dairy Cattle Nutrition and Feeds, Milking Cattle Management, Milking and Initial Milk Processing, Dairy Herd Health Management, Milk and Dairy Processing, Dairy Farm Management, and the Application of Computers in Dairy Farming. At the end of the book, there are statistical tables on the number of dairy cattle in China from 1949 to 2002, raw milk, and dairy product production; the revised second edition of the Chinese Dairy Cattle Feeding Standards (2000); feed nutrient composition tables; the nutritional requirements of Holstein cattle recommended by the U.S. NRC (2001); the Professional Standard of China for High-Yield Dairy Cattle Management; the National Standard of China for Dairy Farm Hygiene and Quarantine; and 4 agricultural industry standards of China.
This book is suitable for faculty and students of agricultural colleges, researchers in the dairy industry, dairy farm workers, dairy farming professionals, and as a reference.