PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE FEEDING OF ORGANIC FARM ANIMALS: PIGS, POULTRY, CATTLE, SHEEP AND GOATS. Este artículo no está disponible.PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE FEEDING OF ORGANIC FARM ANIMALS: PIGS, POULTRY, CATTLE, SHEEP AND GOATS

Authored by a renowned animal scientist with a peerless reputation in organic livestock nutrition, A Practical Guide to the Feeding of Organic Farm Animals aims to translate the science of feeding organic livestock and distil it into practical guidance for farmers and producers.

The latest research is broken down into a practical approach to on-the-farm feeding, providing applied methodology backed up by scientific research. There is also advice on making the transition from conventional to organic farming systems regarding feeding.

There are sections covering poultry, pigs, cattle, sheep and goats, reviewing the nutritional requirements of the species, identifying suitable ingredients and feeds, overviewing husbandry techniques and system approaches, providing advice on selecting suitable breeds, and advising on nutrition and its relationship to health with a preventative approach.

The final section provides advice on organic nutritional regimes under integrated farming operations making this book an ideal resource for the smallholder farmer as well as traditional and aspiring organic livestock farmers.

Dr Robert Blair is an Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Land & Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. In 1998 he was awarded a Fellowship from the Agricultural Institute of Canada for contributions to Canadian agriculture. Robert has held various editorial positions and his recent activities include serving as a member of the research database of EFSA (European Food Safety Authority). His latest publications include Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Cattle (CABI, 2012) and Organic Production and Food Quality: A Down to Earth Analysis (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012).