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Swine feeding and nutrition
ARCHIVES
OF BIOCHEMISTRY
AND BIOPHYSICS
74, 483-490
(1958)
Book Reviews Swine Feeding and Nutrition. By TONY J. CUNHA, Professor and Head, Department of Animal Husbandry and Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Interscience Publishers, New York, N. Y., 1957. xv + 296 pp. Price $5.99. This excellent summary of modern American knowledge about the basic nutritional needs of swine will prove a very useful addition to the libraries of animal nutritionists. The first five chapters cover the needs of swine in terms of modern nutrition. Bibliographies are well selected but come almost entirely from the American literature of the past 15 years. The sixth chapter discusses compounds that stimulate growth and increase the efficiency of food utilization such as antibiotics, surfactants, and other chemical compounds. Chapter seven is practical inasmuch as it is devoted to the relative merits of feedstuffs used for pigs. One chapter is devoted to the feeding of young pigs weaned at early ages. A final chapter discusses the feeding of the breeding herd. An extensive appendix deals with practical management. The index is adequate. A number of excellent tables summarize the composition of feedstuffs. Unfortunately for the modern college student who can hardly read his watch dial, the tables are numbered with reman numerals. Many illustrations cover the field of nutrition but not that of modern construction of piggeries. This work will have special appeal to nutrition researchers and specialists in industry and colleges. It will prove a useful reference text for students in courses devoted to swine husbandry. The work gives little attention to the vast scientific literature of the past and neglects most research printed in foreign languages. The work is very readable due to the clarity of expression and the quality of the printing. C. M. MCCAY, Ithaca, New York
International Review of Cytology. Volume VI. Edited by G. H. BOURNE, London Hospital Medical College, and J. F. DANIELLI, King’s College, London, England. Academic Press Inc., New York, N. Y., 1957. vi + 566 pp. Price $12.99. The International Review of Cytology was launched in 1952 to provide a “truly international” review extending over the whole field of “morphological and chemi:a1 studies of both cells and tissues.” In the sixth volume of the series these aims are once again fully realized. The 16 authors are drawn from six countries on three continents. The subjects, ranging from antigen formation in paramecia to thyroid metabolism, demonstrate once more the broad interpretation of cytology that has made the series so useful to every worker on the frontiers of modern biology. As in previous volumes, the papers in this volume can be roughly assigned to 483
OF BIOCHEMISTRY
AND BIOPHYSICS
74, 483-490
(1958)
Book Reviews Swine Feeding and Nutrition. By TONY J. CUNHA, Professor and Head, Department of Animal Husbandry and Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Interscience Publishers, New York, N. Y., 1957. xv + 296 pp. Price $5.99. This excellent summary of modern American knowledge about the basic nutritional needs of swine will prove a very useful addition to the libraries of animal nutritionists. The first five chapters cover the needs of swine in terms of modern nutrition. Bibliographies are well selected but come almost entirely from the American literature of the past 15 years. The sixth chapter discusses compounds that stimulate growth and increase the efficiency of food utilization such as antibiotics, surfactants, and other chemical compounds. Chapter seven is practical inasmuch as it is devoted to the relative merits of feedstuffs used for pigs. One chapter is devoted to the feeding of young pigs weaned at early ages. A final chapter discusses the feeding of the breeding herd. An extensive appendix deals with practical management. The index is adequate. A number of excellent tables summarize the composition of feedstuffs. Unfortunately for the modern college student who can hardly read his watch dial, the tables are numbered with reman numerals. Many illustrations cover the field of nutrition but not that of modern construction of piggeries. This work will have special appeal to nutrition researchers and specialists in industry and colleges. It will prove a useful reference text for students in courses devoted to swine husbandry. The work gives little attention to the vast scientific literature of the past and neglects most research printed in foreign languages. The work is very readable due to the clarity of expression and the quality of the printing. C. M. MCCAY, Ithaca, New York
International Review of Cytology. Volume VI. Edited by G. H. BOURNE, London Hospital Medical College, and J. F. DANIELLI, King’s College, London, England. Academic Press Inc., New York, N. Y., 1957. vi + 566 pp. Price $12.99. The International Review of Cytology was launched in 1952 to provide a “truly international” review extending over the whole field of “morphological and chemi:a1 studies of both cells and tissues.” In the sixth volume of the series these aims are once again fully realized. The 16 authors are drawn from six countries on three continents. The subjects, ranging from antigen formation in paramecia to thyroid metabolism, demonstrate once more the broad interpretation of cytology that has made the series so useful to every worker on the frontiers of modern biology. As in previous volumes, the papers in this volume can be roughly assigned to 483