ACVN Books: Large Animal

Required Reading (most recent edition)
See Small Animal Reading list for basic biochemistry and nutrition texts.

  • Lewis, L, Equine clinical nutrition: care and feeding (1995) — Vet Reserve and Book Stacks SF 951 L674e 1995
  • Van Soest, PJ, Nutritional ecology of the ruminant — not available at Tufts
  • Nutrient requirements of swine, 10th ed. (1998), available online
  • Nutrient requirements of dairy cattle, 7th ed. (2001), available online
  • Nutrient requirements of horses, 6th ed. (2007) — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 95 NU84H 2007
  • Nutrient requirements of small ruminants (combines sheep, goats, cervids, camelids), (2007) — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 768.2 R8 N87 2007
  • Olson KC, Hollis LC (Eds). Topic in nutritional management of the beef cow and calf. Veterinary clinics of North America: food animal practice, 23(1) 2007, available online
  • Hollis LC, Olson KC (Eds) Topic in nutritional management of feedlot cattle. Veterinary clinics of North America: food animal practice, 23(2) 2007, available online
  • Goer R (Ed). Clinical Nutrition. Veterinary clinics of North America: equine practice, 25(1) 2009, available online

One Review Text (most recent edition)

  • Ensminger, ME, Oldfield, JE, Heinemann, WW. Feeds & nutrition, 2nd ed. (1990) — Vet Book Stacks SF 95 E56f 1990
  • Jurgens, M. Animal feeding and nutrition, 11th ed. (2012) — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 95 J95a 2012
  • Pond, WG, Church, DC, Pond, KR, Schoknekt, PA. Basic animal nutrition and feeding, 4th ed. (1995) — Vet Book Stacks SF 95 C561b 1995

Other Recommended Resource Texts (most recent edition)

  • Herdt, TH. (Ed.), Metabolic Disorders of Ruminants, Veterinary clinics of North America: food animal practice, 16(2) 2000 — Vet Circulation Desk
  • Naylor, J, Ralston, S. Large animal clinical nutrition (2001)  — Vet Reserve and Book Stacks SF 95 L322 1991
  • Linder, MC. Nutritional biochemistry and metabolism, 2nd ed. (1991)  — not available at Vet Library
  • Cheeke, PR. Applied animal nutrition: feeds and feeding, 3rd ed. (2005) — not available at Tufts
  • Ammerman, CB, Baker, DH, Lewis AJ (eds). Bioavailability of nutrients for animals (1995), available online
  • Frape, D. Equine nutrition and feeding, 4th ed. (2010)  — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 285.5 F838e 2010
  • Minson, DJ. Forage and ruminant nutrition (1990) — not available at Tufts
  • Sniffen, CJ, Herdt, TH (Eds.). Dairy nutrition management, Veterinary clinics of North America: food animal practice, 7(2) 1991 — Vet Circulation Desk
  • Underwood, EJ, Suttle, NF. The Mineral nutrition of livestock, 4th ed. (2010)  — Vet Book Stacks SF 98 M5 U5 2010

NRC Publications of Interest (most recent edition)

  • Mineral tolerance of domestic animals, 2nd ed. (2005) — Vet Reserve Stacks SF 757.5 N277 2005
  • Effect of environment on nutrient requirements of domestic animals (1981), available online
  • Nutrient requirements of beef cattle, 7th ed. (2000), available online
  • Ruminant nitrogen usage (1985), available online
  • Predicting feed intake of food-producing animals (1987), available online
  • Vitamin tolerance of animals (1987), available online
  • Metabolic modifiers: effects on the nutrient requirements of food-producing animals (1994), available online

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