Animal breeding

Extinction of quagga zebras left behind historical records, art, literature, and DNA whose information led to their rebreeding.

"e;All About Pigs & Pig-Keeping"e; contains almost all the information one might want to know about pigs and related subjects.

Find your ideal dog - and learn how to look after it - in this stunning guide to all things canine.

This volume on genetics, genomics, and informatics, will cover new technologies in forward and reverse genetics, transgenesis, the zebrafish genome and mapping technologies, informatics and comparative genomics, and Infrastructure.

Originally published in 1926, this scarce early work on the Boston Terrier is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

This volume on genetics, genomics, and informatics, will cover new technologies in forward and reverse genetics, transgenesis, the zebrafish genome and mapping technologies, informatics and comparative genomics, and Infrastructure.

In the 1970s, scientists claimed that farm animal breeding was finally evolving from an art into a science.

Sexual Selection: Perspectives and Models from the Neotropics presents new sexual selection research based upon neotropical species.

This book is a complete guide to all aspects of pig keeping.

Extinction of quagga zebras left behind historical records, art, literature, and DNA whose information led to their rebreeding.

Building on the successful structure of the first edition, the second edition of Reproductive Technologies in Farm Animals has been totally updated and revised to provide an up to date account of the key techniques employed in manipulating reproduction in farm animals, including beef and dairy cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, buffaloes, camelids, horses and poultry.

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to sheep and shepherding in Britain in the nineteenth century.

This is a 1928 guide to incubating and brooding chickens.

A research-based account of what we know about zoos, animals living in zoos, and how they interact with humans.

Are you a feline fanatic?

*With a foreword by Gabe Brown, bestselling author of Dirt to SoilHow can we learn from our mistakes and pave a way for sustainable, nutritious, local meat?

First published in 1943, "e;The Farming Ladder"e; aims to explain how the reader may start and maintain a successful and profitable farm in the easiest way possible, without requiring a great deal of special knowledge or skills.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the variety of breeds of poultry commonly used for meat and eggs.

This impressive volume contains a large and comprehensive collection of articles on pig farming, with information on diet, ailments, housing, preparation, marketing, and many other aspects of pig breeding.

Originally published in 1912, this extremely rare early work on the Great Dane is much sought after.

Before crude oil and the combustion engine, the industrialized world relied on a different kind of power - the power of the horse.

first published in 1901, this volume contains a detailed guide to forming and managing a pure-bred flock of sheep, with chapters on selection, mating, different breeds, rearing, and much more.

Explore the history and variety of our most faithful companions in this collection of over 400 different dog breeds.

"e;Starting a Pig Farm"e; is a fantastic collection of vintage articles on the subject of keeping pigs, dealing with every aspect from buying and housing to marketing and beyond.

Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures is a practical resource for scientists, students, and stakeholders who want to understand the relationships between soil-plant interactions and pasture management strategies, and the resultant performance of cow-calf and stocker cattle.

Since the middle of the twentieth century the world has witnessed a succession of political and social disruptions.

This book appears at a time when molecular cytogenetics is positioned to make a significant impact upon evolutionary studies, enabling problems of chromosomal structure and change to be critically assessed.

Principles of Cloning, Second Edition is the fully revised edition of the authoritative book on the science of cloning.

Building on the successful structure of the first edition, the second edition of Reproductive Technologies in Farm Animals has been totally updated and revised to provide an up to date account of the key techniques employed in manipulating reproduction in farm animals, including beef and dairy cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, buffaloes, camelids, horses and poultry.

A succinct reference for those assessing and managing the reproductive functionality of male animals, this practical manual contains both generic and species-specific information suitable for widespread worldwide application.

When you're looking for a comprehensive and reliable text on large animal reproduction, look no further!

In the 1970s, scientists claimed that farm animal breeding was finally evolving from an art into a science.

Rabbits are versatile animals, farmed for their meat and fur, as laboratory animals, and also as pets.

"e;Keeping Poultry And Rabbits On Scraps"e; is an extensively illustrated guide to keeping rabbits and chickens, with a special focus on doing so as cheaply as possible.

Rabbits have many uses - as well as being cherished pets, they are bred for their meat and fur, and as laboratory animals.

This book contains a classic guide to pig farming that presents the reader with all the fundamental information they would need to know abut keeping and breeding pigs for pleasure or profit.

Beekeeping is a popular past time that more and more people are turning to for personal enjoyment, or even small commercial gain.

Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures is a practical resource for scientists, students, and stakeholders who want to understand the relationships between soil-plant interactions and pasture management strategies, and the resultant performance of cow-calf and stocker cattle.

Equine Reproductive Physiology Breeding and Stud Management, 5th Edition provides a thorough grounding in equine reproductive anatomy and physiology for equine, animal and veterinary science students.

Fundamental to any livestock improvement programme by animal scientists, is the prediction of genetic merit in the offspring generation for desirable production traits such as increased growth rate, or superior meat, milk and wool production.

This book offers the core conceptual base for the practice of T-Group facilitation.

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Tropical Mariculture takes an in-depth look at developmental activities in a growing industry striving towards sustainability and environmental integrity.

This comprehensive volume focuses on recent trends and new technologies used in the management ofreproduction in major farm animals, focusing on both males and females of bovine, equine, and porcinespecies.

This text contains a concise guide on the management of farm livestock, including sections on cattle, sheep, pigs, and horses.

Originally published in the early 1900s, this extremely scarce work on the "e;Sporting"e; Bull Terrier or Pit Bull Terrier is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

Equine Reproductive Physiology Breeding and Stud Management, 5th Edition provides a thorough grounding in equine reproductive anatomy and physiology for equine, animal and veterinary science students.

Originally published in Washington 1924, and republished in a revised and up-dated edition in the same year, this extremely scarce early work on the Collie is both expensive and hard to find in any edition.