Halophytic and Salt-Tolerant Feedstuffs: Impacts on Nutrition, Physiology and Reproduction of Livestock

ISBN-13: 9780367377083 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 453 str.

Hassan M. El Shaer; Victor Roy Squires

Opis

The potential of halophytes as feedstuffs for livestock has been recognized for decades and their incorporation into has been advocated as a way to increase intake and mitigate the anti-nutritional compounds that reduce palatability and food value. This book details the interactions between halophytic feedstuffs and both ruminant and non-ruminant livestock. It summarizes years of experience from work in Egypt, Australia, the US, Mexico, Pakistan and the Middle East and sheds light on the problems and prospects for increasing the utilization of halophytes as animal feed and for rehabilitation of saline lands throughout the world.

Spis treści

Editor’s Preface. About the Editors. Acknowledgements. List of Contributors. List of Acronyms, Abbreviations and Equivalents. PART 1 Extent and Geographic Distribution of salt tolerant and halophytic feedstuffs. PART 2 Nutritional aspects. PART 3 Experience with halophyte feeding. PART 4 Physiological aspects. PART 5 Focus on non-ruminants and uniting perspectives. Author and Subject Index.

O autorze

El Shaer, Hassan M.; Squires, Victor Roy