TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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INTRODITCTIOK 1 



FART L 



THE GENERAL LAWS OF ANIMAL NUTRITION. 



CHAPTER I— Tub Composition op the Animal Body . . 5 



§ 1. Proportions of the vaiious tissues » . . . 5 



g %. Non-mtrogenouB matters 7 



§ 3. Nitrogenous matters 14: 



§ 4. Inorganic or non -volatile matters ... .20 



CHAPTER IL— Components of Eodders— Nutkients . . 25 



§ 1. Definitions 25 



^ 2. Nitrogenous nutrients 20 



§ 3. Non-nitrogenous nutrients , . . . . 38 



^ 4. Inorganic nutrients . 47 



g 5, Fodder Analysis ....... ^^ 



CHAPTER III— Digestion AND Resokption .... 54 



§5 1. Digestion ^^ 



§ 2. Resorption ^^ 



CHAPTER IV —Circulation, Respieation, and Excretion. 74 



S 1. Circulation "^ 



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§ 2. Respiration °" 



§ 3. Excretion ^^ 



