Animals are biological transformers of dietary matter and energy to
produce high-quality foods and wools for human consumption and use.
Mammals, birds, fish, and shrimp require nutrients to survive,
grow, develop, and reproduce. As an interesting, dynamic, and
challenging discipline in biological sciences, animal nutrition
spans an immense range from chemistry, biochemistry, anatomy and
physiology to reproduction, immunology, pathology, and cell
biology. Thus, nutrition is a foundational subject in livestock,
poultry and fish production, as well as the rearing and health of
companion animals. This book entitled Principles of Animal
Nutrition consists of 13 chapters. Recent advances in biochemistry,
physiology and anatomy provide the foundation to understand how
nutrients are utilized by ruminants and non-ruminants. The text
begins with an overview of the physiological and biochemical bases
of animal nutrition, followed by a detailed description of chemical
properties of carbohydrates, lipids, protein, and amino acids. It
advances to the coverage of the digestion, absorption, transport,
and metabolism of macronutrients, energy, vitamins, and minerals in
animals. To integrate the basic knowledge of nutrition with
practical animal feeding, the book continues with discussion on
nutritional requirements of animals for maintenance and production,
as well as the regulation of food intake by animals. Finally, the
book closes with feed additives, including those used to enhance
animal growth and survival, improve feed efficiency for protein
production, and replace feed antibiotics. While the classical and
modern concepts of animal nutrition are emphasized throughout the
book, every effort has been made to include the most recent
progress in this ever-expanding field, so that readers in various
biological disciplines can integrate biochemistry and physiology
with nutrition, health, and disease in mammals, birds, and other
animal species (e.g., fish and shrimp). All chapters clearly
provide the essential literature related to the principles of
animal nutrition, which should be useful for academic researchers,
practitioners, beginners, and government policy makers. This book
is an excellent reference for professionals and a comprehensive
textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students in animal
science, biochemistry, biomedicine, biology, food science,
nutrition, veterinary medicine, and related fields.
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