Nutritional Energetics of Animals

INTRODUCTION... ... ..... 101 TERMINOLOGY OF NUTRITIONAL ENERGETICS 103 Description of Energy Transactions in Animals .. .... ...... ........ 104 Expression of Animal Energy Requirements and Feed Energy Values ... . ........ ... ... 105 BASAL METABOLISM AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS 106 Sources of Variation in Basal Metabolism .. . .... ........ 107 PRODUCTIVE PROCESSES ... 110 MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF ENERGY BALANCE DATA I II