This book offers an overview of the small-scale inland fisheries sector in India, a crucial yet often overlooked component of the nation's livelihood and poverty alleviation efforts.
This book offers an overview of the small-scale inland fisheries sector in India, a crucial yet often overlooked component of the nation's livelihood and poverty alleviation efforts.
This book offers the first comprehensive academic treatment of death-feigning behavior, a widespread yet understudied anti-predator strategy observed across the animal kingdom.
This book offers the first comprehensive academic treatment of death-feigning behavior, a widespread yet understudied anti-predator strategy observed across the animal kingdom.
Understanding animal behaviour is the overall theme of this 51st Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology and the red thread through the chosen scientific topics.
This book covers 30 of the most common infections and diseases that occur in chickens caused by: bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses, and offers readers simple steps to keep their chickens and henhouse healthy.
This book is the result of collaborative efforts which have taken place over the past 20 years within the COLOSS network, when the factor “bee origin” was first put into the equation of factors involved in colony losses.
Cattle are currently the most important domesticated mammals, with populations numbering in the hundreds of millions and occupying large tracts of land, while the conservation of large mammalian carnivores is becoming a dominant discourse in modern geopolitics, also claiming large portions of the Earth's land surface.
Cattle are currently the most important domesticated mammals, with populations numbering in the hundreds of millions and occupying large tracts of land, while the conservation of large mammalian carnivores is becoming a dominant discourse in modern geopolitics, also claiming large portions of the Earth's land surface.
This book is the result of collaborative efforts which have taken place over the past 20 years within the COLOSS network, when the factor “bee origin” was first put into the equation of factors involved in colony losses.
Global demand for animal-derived foods such as meat, eggs, and milk is increasing, even as arable land and water to support animal production are declining worldwide.
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of advanced molecular techniques used to study invertebrate innate immune reactions, focusing on both humoral and cellular-mediated responses.
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of advanced molecular techniques used to study invertebrate innate immune reactions, focusing on both humoral and cellular-mediated responses.
Directors of research, leaders of the public debate, government officials and scientific experts give their view on the future of agricultural research.
'Weaning the Pig: Concepts and Consequences' is a new book that addresses the major issues surrounding the weaning process, both for piglets and the breeding herd, in modern-day pig production.
Poultry and pig nutrition: challenges of the 21st century focuses on the important challenges animal production faces in the light of increasing global feed scarcity, climate change and improvements in animal welfare.
