History Of Animal Nutrition Flashcards
The great French chemist, frequently referred to as the father of nutrition. He established the chemical basis of nutrition an stated that life is a chemical process
Antoine Lavoisier
Reported that nutrient constituent of animal body was provided by the 3 principals
William Prout
Nature of respiration, calorimeter.
A Lavoisier (1762)
Nature of Food
William Prout (1834)
Energy metabolism
Max Rubner (1908)
Gave the name protein
G.J. Mulder (1838)
Essentiality of food nitrogen
J.B.F. Magendie
First human respiration calorimeter
W.O. Atwater
Starch equivalent system of (1911) energy evaluation
Oscar Kellner
Respiration calorimeter for farm animals
H.P. Armsby
Chairman of the NRC committee in animal nutrition
Leonard A. Maynard
Use of the weight to the 0.75 power instead of surface area for energy metabolism
Max Kleiber
Mineral nutrition in livestock
E.J. Underwood
Study of recycling poultry waste as feed
stuffs.
A. Bhattacharya (1980)
Fibre estimation in feed stuffs
P.J. Van Soest (1960)