Resource Allocation Theory Applied to Farm Animal Production

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Hardcover | 8 January 2008

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According to the Resource Allocation Theory, an individual's genetic potential can only be realized in an environment in which essential food resources are adequately supplied. This book describes resource allocation patterns in natural populations, the costs, preferences and trade-offs of maintenance, growth, reproduction and immune function, the consequences of selection for high production efficiency in livestock species, methods that can be used to quantify resource allocation patterns, and the application of resource allocation theory to improve animal production and wellbeing.

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Non-Fiction Engineering & Technology Agriculture & Farming Animal Husbandry Science Biology, Life Sciences Zoology & Animal Sciences Agricultural Science Industry & Industrial Studies Primary Industries Agriculture & Related Industries Medicine

Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Medicine for Large Domestic & Farm Animals Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing Technologies Industrial Chemistry Food & Beverage Technology

Contributors	p. vii
Resource Allocation
Introduction	p. 1
Resource Allocation Patterns	p. 22
Trade-offs	p. 44
Metabolic Constraints to Resource Allocation	p. 61
Homeorhesis During Heat Stress	p. 72
Inputs and Outputs
Residual Feed Intake	p. 89
Allocation of Resources to Maintenance	p. 110
Allocation of Resources to Growth	p. 130
Genetic Size-scaling	p. 147
Allocation of Resources to Reproduction	p. 169
Allocation of Resources to Immune Responses	p. 192
Consequences of Selection for Increased Production Efficiency
Selection for High Production in Pigs	p. 210
Selection for High Production in Poultry	p. 230
Selection for High Production in Dairy Cattle	p. 243
Consequences of Biological Engineering for Resource Allocation and Welfare	p. 261
Animal Breeding and Resource Modelling
Breeding Goals to Optimize Production Efficiency	p. 275
Robustness	p. 288
Modelling of Resource Allocation Patterns	p. 302
Index	p. 321
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