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Title: Resource allocation theory applied to farm animal production / edited by Wendy M. Rauw.
Author: Rauw, Wendy M.
Year: c2009.
Description: viii, 335 p. ; 25 cm.
Subject: Mathematical models. ; Pigs. ; Poultry. ; Dairy cattle. ; Livestock productivity Mathematical models. ; Animal breeding. ; Animal production. ; Resource allocation.
Notes: Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN/ISSN: 9781845933944 (hbk.) 184593394X (hbk.);
Type: Book
Abstract: Pt. I: Resource Allocation -- 1. Introduction / W.M. Rauw -- 2. Resource Allocation Patterns / D.S. Glazier -- 3. Trade-offs / D.S. Glazier -- 4. Metabolic Constraints to Resource Allocation / D.E. Naya and L.D. Bacigalupe -- 5. Homeorhesis During Heat Stress / R.J. Collier ... [et al.]. -- Pt. II: Inputs and Outputs -- 6. Residual Feed Intake / R.M. Herd -- 7. Allocation of Resources to Maintenance / P.W. Knap -- 8. Allocation of Resources to Growth / C.T. Whittemore -- 9. Genetic Size-scaling / St C.S. ylor -- 10. Allocation of Resources to Reproduction / G.B. Martin, D. Blache and I.H. Williams -- 11. Allocation of Resources to Immune Responses / I.G. Colditz -- Pt. III: Consequences of Selection for Increased Production Efficiency -- 12. Selection f
High Production in Pigs / P.W. Knap and W.M. Rauw -- 13. Selection for High Production in Poultry / P.B. Siegel, C.F. Honaker and W.M. Rauw -- 14. Selection for High Production in Dairy Cattle / R.F. Veerkamp ... [et al.]. -- 15. Consequences of Biolog tterns / N.C. Friggens and E.H. van der Waaij.
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