Animal husbandry

This book on the history, breeding, management and diseases of domestic animals is a snapshot of American animal husbandry around the year 1850.

Poultry are a major source of valuable high-quality protein for much of the world's population, so food security is heavily dependent on maintaining poultry health.

This volume contains a detailed account of bee-keeping in New Zealand between 1874-1916.

Pigs are a very special breed of animal in that they can be almost as much a pet as they are a potential source of meat and income.

A volume in the Handbook of Experimental Animals series, The Laboratory Primate details the past and present use of primates in biomedical research, and the husbandry, nutritional requirements, behaviour, and breeding of each of the commonly used species.

The Teeth of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates is the first comprehensive publication devoted to the teeth and dentitions of living fishes, amphibians and reptiles.

Die Insektenzucht bietet enorme Chancen für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften und neue Einkommensquellen.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to keeping goats, with information on breeds, housing, milking, and all other aspects.

Keeping chickens is fun, relaxing, and low maintenance, plus you have the added benefit of your own known source of fresh eggs.

Ecologists increasingly recognize the importance of scale in our understanding of nature.

The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Zero-Waste Chicken Keeping is the firstbook designed tohelpchicken keepers raise chickensusing limited resources while maintaining a low environmental impact.

The basic goal of the volume is to compile the most up to date research on the effect of ecotourism on Indonesia's primates.

This antique book contains a concise yet comprehensive guide to the various ailments common to bees, with information on their causes, treatment, and prevention.

Continental Northeast Asian Amphibians: Origins, Behavioral Ecology, and Conservation is the only comprehensive compilation of knowledge on the amphibious species of the Korean Peninsula.

Fish Physiology: Physiology of Elasmobranch Fishes, Volume 34A is a useful reference for fish physiologists, biologists, ecologists, and conservation biologists.

This book provides an overview of the induction mechanism of imposex caused by organotin compounds in gastropods, as well as fundamental information on the physiology and biochemistry of reproduction in mollusks.

This early work is a fascinating read for any goat enthusiast or historian of the breed, but also contains much information that is still useful and practical for the amateur or professional goat farmer today.

Integrated Population Models: Theory and Ecological Applications with R and JAGS is the first book on integrated population models, which constitute a powerful framework for combining multiple data sets from the population and the individual levels to estimate demographic parameters, and population size and trends.

"e;Wild Fermentation [has] become a manifesto and how-to manual for a generation of underground food activists.

Everything you need to care for and keep happy, healthy chickens With directives on diagnosing and treating sick or ailing chickens, as well as general information on how to keep chickens in peak condition, Chicken Health For Dummies is your go-to guide on how to best care for and keep chickens.

Examining Ecology: Exercises in Environmental Biology and Conservation explains foundational ecological principles using a hands-on approach that features analyzing data, drawing graphs, and undertaking practical exercises that simulate field work.

Skates have become a concern in recent years due to the preponderance of these elasmobranchs that are caught as bycatch or as a directed fishery.

This vintage guide to farming sheep contains information on every step of the process, from breeding and rearing to wool production and beyond.

Ecophysiology and Ocean Acidification in Marine Mollusks: From Molecule to Behavior provides an extensive overview of the latest research on the various ecophysiological effects of ocean acidification on marine mollusks.

This book contains a classic guide to raising angora goats, with information on selection, breeding, feeding, utilisation of products, ailments, and many other related aspects.

The Backyard Duck Book is a revised edition of Nyiri Murtagh's popular book, For the Love of Ducks, but with colour photographs of the duck breeds.

"e;Pig Showing"e; is a classic guide to exhibiting pigs, dealing with preparation, judging, breeding and selecting, and much more.

Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change is a fundamental resource for primary industry professionals, land managers, policy makers, researchers and students involved in preparing Australia's primary industries for the challenges and opportunities of climate change.

Beekeeping is both a hobby and a practical business plan that many individuals have taken up in recent years as a viable way to culture a valuable natural resource and have fun in the process.

"e;Principles of Practical Pig Breeding and Feeding"e; is a classic guide to pig farming that presents the reader with all the fundamental information they would need to know about keeping and breeding pigs for pleasure or profit.

Travelers are buzzing about apitourism--or "e;bee tourism"e;--as an opportunity to get close to bees and learn about the ecology and industry they support.

The CAFO Reader is possibly the most powerful indictment of factory farming ever compiled, with essays from 30 of the world's leading experts.

This new series on The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Fishes grew out of the demand for state-of-the-art review articles in a rapidly expanding field of research.

This extensive work focuses on an important group of temperate freshwater fish, approaching the topic from the perspectives of both biology and aquaculture.

This book puts emphasis on the isolation, taxonomy, diagnosis (phenotypic, serology and molecular biology), epizootiology, pathogenicity mechanisms, and methods of disease control (by vaccination, immunostimulation, probiotics, prebiotics, plant products, and antimicrobial compounds.

Control and Manipulation of Animal Growth explores the development and growth of animals.

The Thirteenth-Century Animal Turn: Medieval and Twenty-First-Century Perspectives examines a wide range of texts to argue in favour of a thirteenth-century animal turn which not only generated a heightened scholarly awareness of animals but also had major implications for society more generally.

This book provides basic and advanced information on vitellogenin in fish.

Systems Biology is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of life made possible through the explosion of molecular data made available through the genome revolution and the simultaneous development of computational technologies that allow us to interpret these large data sets.

This book is a compilation of eel research and fish migration studies for more than 40 years showing the research history and recent advances in eel studies.

The importance of fungal infections in both human and animals has increased over the last few decades.

Advancements and Technologies in Pig and Poultry Bacterial Disease Control provides the most up-to-date knowledge on the tools and technologies used in the economics, prevention, monitoring and control of the most important bacterial diseases in these two important livestock species.

Recent Developments in Ruminant Nutrition presents papers that discuss the advancement of the different areas of ruminant nutrition.

The diploma courses in animal husbandry have been introduced in almost all agriculture and veterinary university of India including Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) institution.

First published in 1892, this fascinating collection of articles relating to the art of shepherding in Britain is a wonderful glimpse into farming in Victorian Britain.

As seen on the BBC's This Farming LifeThe inspirational story of Lynbreck Croft-a regenerative Scottish farm rooted in local food, community, and the dreams of two women.

This book describes the interrelationship between the spectacular geology of an area of East Africa that includes a branch of the rift valley, as well as giant freestanding ice-capped mountains and extraordinarily toxic, alkaline lakes, and some of the greatest concentrations of wildlife on Earth.