Nutrition of Pigs and Poultry

Abstract

Morgan, J. T., and D. Lewis, ed. <it>Nutrition of Pigs and Poultry.</it> Butterworth & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 88 Kingsway, London, W.C. 2.; Butterworth Inc., 7235 Wisconsin Ave., Washington 14, D. C.; Butterworth & Co. (Canada) Ltd., 1367 Danforth Ave., Toronto 6, Ont. 366 pp. $13.00. This book is the Proceedings of the University of Nottingham Eighth Easter School in Agricultural Science held April 10th to 13th, 1961. The Preface states “ . . . was concerned with the nutrition of pigs and poultry. Despite the fact that these two categories of livestock possess a simpler alimentary tract than the ruminant,<cross-ref type="fn" refid="fn1">*</cross-ref> it is lamentably obvious that knowledge regarding their digestive processes, the mechanism of nutrient absorption, the factors regulating their food intake and the part played by the microflora of the alimentary tracts is far less complete and generally based upon extrapolation of information acquired from examination of other species. The . . .