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Efficient milk production in dairy animals requires efficient feed management. Profitability of dairying depends upon three main factors viz. breed, management and feeding practices followed. Feeding plays a very crucial/important role in growth, development and productivity of dairy animals. Adequate feeding will ensure that animal attains desired body weight, produce more milk and remains healthy. As feeding alone accounts for around 70% of the expenses incurred for dairying it further augment its importance. Modern breeds of dairy animals are able to produce huge amount of milk. In attempt to consume, digest and metabolize enough nutrients to satisfy lactation needs, those animals are exposed to serious stress conditions that can affect their health. Health problems which arise from those conditions are mainly related to impaired ability to metabolize enough nutrients to compensate for those lost in milk. They are known as metabolic or production diseases and may be of great economic importance in milk production systems. Although metabolic diseases have become a common problem on dairy farms, they still require a serious attention to be controlled. The incidences of these disorders can be reduced by proper nutrition of animals. Also, some of the specific strategies in feeding practice offer additional advantages in prevention of nutrition-related metabolic diseases. The most important metabolic diseases in dairy cows, ewes and goats can be discussed as energy and/or fiber related, lipid related or vitamin and mineral related disorders. However, they are not easily categorized according to their cause, thus the pathogenesis and hallmarks of each disease should be considered for their categorization. Energy related disorders (related to energy density of the diet or feed intake) include fatty liver and ketosis, rumen acidosis, laminitis, displaced abomasums and milk fat depression. As energy density and fiber content of the diets are often inversely related, most of these diseases can be considered as fiber related too. Fatty liver and ketosis also can be categorized as lipid related disorders due to changes in lipid metabolism in affected animals This book named with Milk Production Animal Nutrition, Management and Health contains 13 chapters concerned with the animal nutrition, animal management and, breeding and animal health. It will be suitable for students, researchers, as well as practitioners associated with dairy science, animal science, food science, nutrition, physiology, biochemistry, veterinary medicine and other allied fields. Each chapter in this book has an extensive bibliography which can future aid the reader in keeping abreast of the developments in this field. Regarding to energy and protein yield per unit of land used, milk production is one of the most efficient enterprises in animal productions. Likewise, the efficiency of solar energy used for production of energy and protein as milk is more efficient than other livestock products. Moreover, efficiency of nutrient utilization is a major factor affecting profitability in modern dairy farms, because feed costs represent approximately one-half of the total costs in most livestock operations and 80% of the variable cost of milk production. Thus, improvement of feed efficiency has a noticeable importance to increase profitability of lactating dairy cattle. Efficient milk production in dairy animals requires efficient feed management. Profitability of dairying depends upon three main factors viz. breed, management and feeding practices followed. Feeding plays a very crucial/important role in growth, development and productivity of dairy animals. Adequate feeding will ensure that animal attains desired body weight, produce more milk and remains healthy. As feeding alone accounts for around 70% of the expenses incurred for dairying it further augment its importance. Modern breeds of dairy animals are able to produce huge amount of milk. In attempt to consume, digest and metabolize enough nutrients to satisfy lactation needs, those animals are exposed to serious stress conditions that can affect their health. Health problems which arise from those conditions are mainly related to impaired ability to metabolize enough nutrients to compensate for those lost in milk. They are known as metabolic or production diseases and may be of great economic importance in milk production systems. Although metabolic diseases have become a common problem on dairy farms, they still require a serious attention to be controlled. The incidences of these disorders can be reduced by proper nutrition of animals. Also, some of the specific strategies in feeding practice offer additional advantages in prevention of nutrition-related metabolic diseases. The most important metabolic diseases in dairy cows, ewes and goats can be discussed as energy and/or fiber related, lipid related or vitamin and mineral related disorders. However, they are not easily categorized according to their cause, thus the pathogenesis and hallmarks of each disease should be considered for their categorization. Energy related disorders (related to energy density of the diet or feed intake) include fatty liver and ketosis, rumen acidosis, laminitis, displaced abomasums and milk fat depression. As energy density and fiber content of the diets are often inversely related, most of these diseases can be considered as fiber related too. Fatty liver and ketosis also can be categorized as lipid related disorders due to changes in lipid metabolism in affected animals This book named with Milk Production Animal Nutrition, Management and Health contains 13 chapters concerned with the animal nutrition, animal management and, breeding and animal health. It will be suitable for students, researchers, as well as practitioners associated with dairy science, animal science, food science, nutrition, physiology, biochemistry, veterinary medicine and other allied fields. Each chapter in this book has an extensive bibliography which can future aid the reader in keeping abreast of the developments in this field. Regarding to energy and protein yield per unit of land used, milk production is one of the most efficient enterprises in animal productions. Likewise, the efficiency of solar energy used for production of energy and protein as milk is more efficient than other livestock products. Moreover, efficiency of nutrient utilization is a major factor affecting profitability in modern dairy farms, because feed costs represent approximately one-half of the total costs in most livestock operations and 80% of the variable cost of milk production. Thus, improvement of feed efficiency has a noticeable importance to increase profitability of lactating dairy cattle. Efficient milk production in dairy animals requires efficient feed management. Profitability of dairying depends upon three main factors viz. breed, management and feeding practices followed. Feeding plays a very crucial/important role in growth, development and productivity of dairy animals. Adequate feeding will ensure that animal attains desired body weight, produce more milk and remains healthy. As feeding alone accounts for around 70% of the expenses incurred for dairying it further augment its importance. Modern breeds of dairy animals are able to produce huge amount of milk. In attempt to consume, digest and metabolize enough nutrients to satisfy lactation needs, those animals are exposed to serious stress conditions that can affect their health. Health problems which arise from those conditions are mainly related to impaired ability to metabolize enough nutrients to compensate for those lost in milk. They are known as metabolic or production diseases and may be of great economic importance in milk production systems. Although metabolic diseases have become a common problem on dairy farms, they still require a serious attention to be controlled. The incidences of these disorders can be reduced by proper nutrition of animals. Also, some of the specific strategies in feeding practice offer additional advantages in prevention of nutrition-related metabolic diseases. The most important metabolic diseases in dairy cows, ewes and goats can be discussed as energy and/or fiber related, lipid related or vitamin and mineral related disorders. However, they are not easily categorized according to their cause, thus the pathogenesis and hallmarks of each disease should be considered for their categorization. Energy related disorders (related to energy density of the diet or feed intake) include fatty liver and ketosis, rumen acidosis, laminitis, displaced abomasums and milk fat depression. As energy density and fiber content of the diets are often inversely related, most of these diseases can be considered as fiber related too. Fatty liver and ketosis also can be categorized as lipid related disorders due to changes in lipid metabolism in affected animals This book named with Milk Production Animal Nutrition, Management and Health contains 13 chapters concerned with the animal nutrition, animal management and, breeding and animal health. It will be suitable for students, researchers, as well as practitioners associated with dairy science, animal science, food science, nutrition, physiology, biochemistry, veterinary medicine and other allied fields. Each chapter in this book has an extensive bibliography which can future aid the reader in keeping abreast of the developments in this field. Regarding to energy and protein yield per unit of land used, milk production is one of the most efficient enterprises in animal productions. Likewise, the efficiency of solar energy used for production of energy and protein as milk is more efficient than other livestock products. Moreover, efficiency of nutrient utilization is a major factor affecting profitability in modern dairy farms, because feed costs represent approximately one-half of the total costs in most livestock ope
