INDEX 



Abomasum, 80 



Accessory substances, 348, 421 



significance of, 632 

 Acid: 



hippuric, 163 



hippuric, synthesis of, 163 

 uric, synthesis of, 171 

 Acidity in ash, significance of, 341 

 Acidosis, 336 

 Acids : 



excretion of, 338 

 influence on digestibility, 627 

 neutralization of, 337 

 nucleic, 34 

 anabolism, 168 

 autogenesis, 169 

 cleavages, 170 

 deaminization, 171 

 katabolism, 170 

 metabolism, 168 

 synthesis, 169 

 organic, 40 



formation of, in digestion, 40, 158 

 in feeding stuffs, 40 

 metabolism of, 159 

 Adipose tissue, 58, 424 



composition of, 59 

 Age: 



best for fattening, 436 

 influence on 



composition of gain, 431 

 cost of production of meat, 430 

 digestibility, 610 

 effects of temperature, 454 

 energy requirements for mainte- 

 nance, 307 



feed consumption, 431 

 net energy values, 666 

 production of lean meat, 433 

 relation of growth to, 373 

 relation of protein requirements to, 



445 



Albuminoids, 33 

 Albumins, 33 



Alfalfa proteins, value of, 683 

 Alkali ratio of ash, 342 

 Alkaloids, 37 

 Amids, 37 



occurrence in plants, 38 

 Amino acids, 37 



from simple proteins, 28, 29 



occurrence in plants, 38 



relative values for growth, 381 



required for maintenance, 314 

 Ammonia, formation of, in katabolism of 



proteins, 165 

 Amount of feed, influence on 



effects of temperature, 454 



meat production, 443, 449 



metabolizable energy, 664 



milk production, 515 



net energy values, 664 



production, 269 



of methane, 665 

 Amylase, 78, 86 

 Amylopsin, 78, 86 

 Anabolism, 145 



of fats, 171 



nucleic acids, 168 

 phosphorus, 180 

 simple proteins, 160 

 Animal : 



as factor in meat production, 428 

 milk production, 470 



as prime motor, 192 

 Araban, 15 

 Arabinose, 9 

 Arteries, 126 

 Ascent, work of, 551 



efficiency of body in, 551 

 Ash, 5 



acid and basic, 340 



alkali ratio of, 342 



balance, 216 

 maintenance of, 339, 344 



body, proportion of in bone, 48 

 in offal, 56 



bone, composition of, 48 



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