RECENT ADVANCES IN ANIMAL NUTRITION
PART I INTRODUCTION AND DIGESTIVE TRACT PHYSIOLOGY 1 1 Introduction 3 2 Digestive Physiology: Autoenzymatic Digesters 11 3 Digestive Physiology: Alloenzymatic Digesters 22 PART II PROTEIN, AMINO ACID AND NITROGEN METABOLISM 45 4 Protein and Amino Acid Structures and Properties 47 5 Protein Digestion 53 6 Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism and Function 64 PART III CARBOHYDRATES 83 7 Carbohydrate Structure 85 8 Carbohydrate Digestion and Absorption 95 9 Cellular Metabolism of Carbohydrates 104 PART IV LIPIDS 115 10 Lipid Structure 117 11 Lipid Digestion 126 12 Fat and Fatty Acid Metabolism 133 13 Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidant Nutrients 145 PART V INTEGRATION OF METABOLISM 161 14 Energy Metabolism, Hibernation and Amino Acids and Lipids as Metabolic Fuels 163 15 Energy Storage and the Ancestral Human Diet 168 16 Disorders and Unique Aspects of Energy Metabolism 176 17 Feeding Behaviour and Regulation of Feed Intake 187 PART VI STRUCTURAL FEATURES 211 18 The Skeletal System: Calcium, Phosphorus and Vitamin D 213 19 The Integument, Pigmentation, Membranes and Extracellular Matrix 227 PART VII WATER AND BODY FLUIDS 253 20 Water 255 21 Blood, Electrolytes, Fluid Balance and Diet-induced Anaemias 262 PART VIII REPRODUCTION AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 275 22 Nutrition and Reproduction 277 23 Nutrition and Immunity in Ruminants 290 24 Nutrition and the Inflammatory Response 298