Nutritional energetics of domestic animals & glossary of energy terms (National Academy Press, 1981)
Edition of 1966, prepared by the Committee on Animal Nutrition of the National Research Council, published under title: Biological energy interrelationships and glossary of energy terms
Includes bibliographical references
Nutritional energetics of domestic animals and glossary of energy -- Terms -- Introduction -- Units of measurement -- Biological basis of energy partition -- Definition of terms -- Conventional scheme -- Relationship of environmental temperature to energy metabolism -- Systems used to express feed energy values and an animal's requirement for energy -- Application to growing ruminants -- Application to lactating ruminants -- Application to nonruminant herbivores, especially horses and rabbits -- Application to swine -- Application to poultry -- Application to aquatic animals