INDEX 



741 



Rectum, 85 



Regnault-Reiset respiration apparatus, 



209 

 Relative values of feeding stuffs, 591, 



597 



Requirements : 



for fattening, 350, 359, 361, 363 

 growth, 396, 399, 403, 414 

 maintenance, 269, 280, 313, 332 

 meat production, 444, 445, 448 

 milk production, 500, 501, 511, 520 

 work production, 560, 562 

 of ash, 



for growth, 414 

 maintenance, 332 

 milk production, 520 

 work production, 562 

 dry matter, 696 

 energy for fattening, 361 

 growth, 399 

 maintenance, 280, 303 

 meat production, 448 

 milk production, 511 

 work production, 562, 564 

 feed, 691, 693, 694 

 fat for milk production, 516 

 protein for fattening, 363 

 growth, 403 

 maintenance, 313, 323 

 meat production, 445 

 milk production, 501 

 work production, 561 

 Residue, non-nitrogenous, of simple pro- 

 teins, 163 

 Resorption, 105 



chemical changes in, 107 

 mechanism of, 106 

 paths of, 107 

 role of osmosis in, 106 

 Respiration, 123, 132 

 apparatus, 208 

 Pettenkofer, 212 

 Regnault-Reiset, 209 

 calorimeters, 236 

 influence of work on, 536 

 of tissues, 136 

 regulation of, 137 

 Respiratory quotient, 207 

 Reticulum, 80 



Reversible reactions, 150, 166 

 Reversibility of metabolic reactions, 152, 



i53 



Rhamnose, 9 

 Rice bran, 583 

 polish, 583 



Roots, 73, 579 



influence of, on digestibility, 618 

 Roughage, 72, 572 



comparison of, with concentrates, 662 



general character of, 572 



influence of cutting on digestibility of, 



624 

 proportion of, to concentrates, 451, 



696 

 proportion of vegetative organs in, 



576 



Rumen, 80 



Ruminants, digestibility by, compared 

 with horses, 604 

 swine, 606 

 species of, 603 

 net energy values for, 660 

 Rumination, 81 

 Rye bran, 582 



Saliva, 79 



action of, in stomach, 73 



on starch, 92 



Saponification of fats in digestion, 95 

 Schematic body, 195 

 Scleroproteins, 34 

 Sheep : 



digestibility by, compared with horse, 



604 



swine, 606 

 energy requirements for growth, 401 



maintenance, 292 

 influence of feed consumption on heat 



production by, 653 



maintenance requirements of, com- 

 pared with cattle, 294 

 protein requirements for growth, 407 



maintenance, 456 

 Shelter from precipitation, 456 

 sun, 457 

 wind, 456 

 influence of, on meat production, 456 



milk production, 484 

 Size of animal, influence of, on fasting 



katabolism, 258 

 Skeleton as reserve of ash ingredients, 



338 



Skin, gaseous exchange through, 139 

 Slaughter tests, comparative, 199, 351 

 Sodium, metabolism of, 181 



occurrence of, 6 



Solution of nutrients in dige'stion, 101 

 Species, influence of, on digestibility, 603 



of ruminants, digestibility by, 603 

 Specific dynamic action, 275 



