Vitamins in Animal and Human Nutrition - Hardcover

McDowell, Lee Russell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813826306 ISBN 13: 9780813826301

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2000

Synopsis

Vitamins in Animal and Human Nutrition contains concise, up-to-date information on vitamin nutrition for both animals and humans. The author defines these nutrients and describes their fascinating discovery, history and relationship to various diseases and deficiencies. Discussion of vitamins also includes their chemical structure, properties and antagonists; analytical procedures; metabolism; functions; requirements; sources; supplementation and toxicity. Vitamin-like substances, essential fatty acids and vitamin supplementation considerations are also examined. This book will be useful worldwide as a textbook and as an authoritative reference for research and extension specialists, feed manufacturers, teachers, students and others. It provides a well-balanced approach to both animal and clinical human nutrition and compares chemical, metabolic and functional aspects of vitamins and their practical and applied considerations. A unique feature of the book is its description of the implications of vitamin deficiencies and excesses and the conditions that might occur in human and various animal species.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The second edition of Vitamins in Animal and Human Nutrition, contains concise, up-to-date information on vitamin nutrition for both animals and humans. This new edition has been extensively updated with many additional references. Over 40% of the references are new, published since the first edition in 1989. A new chapter devoted to carnitine has been added.

A unique feature is the description of the practical implications of vitamin deficiencies, excesses, and the conditions that might occur with various animal species and humans. A large number of photographs illustrate vitamin deficiencies in farm livestock, laboratory animals and humans. Unlike other textbooks, this book places strong emphasis on vitamin supplementation in each chapter, while devoting the entire last chapter to vitamin supplementation.

Synopsis:

Intended for use by research and extension specialists, feed manufacturers, teachers, and students, this text provides the history, definition, sources, and structure of vitamins. The final chapter gives a unique perspective on vitamin deficiencies and excesses, and uses photographs to illustrate resultant conditions in farm livestock, laboratory animals, and humans.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0813826306
• ISBN 13: 9780813826301
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 816