Animal husbandry

With this absolute beginner's guide, learn how to set up your backyard hives, select and raise bees, and harvest honey, with the added bonus of bringing pollinators to your yard and garden.

The future of nonhuman primate (NHP) resources is a concern of scientists, veterinarians, and funding authorities.

Through successive editions, Management and Welfare of Farm Animals has gained international recognition as a classic introductory textbook for students of agriculture and veterinary science.

Commercial Poultry Production on Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore traces the beginnings and development of commercial poultry production in this very important region.

After nearly 20 years, the publication of this Second Edition of The Biology of the Laboratory Rabbit attests to its popularity within the scientific community as well as to the need to update an expanding database on the rabbit as a major species in laboratory investigation.

Practical how-to advice for keeping chickens "e;For me, raising chickens, for eggs and meat, has been one of the most enjoyable aspects of our family farm.

The explosion of the field of genetics over the last decade, with the new technologies that have stimulated research, suggests that a new sort of reference work is needed to keep pace with such a fast-moving and interdisciplinary field.

No buts: discover the addictive joy of raising goats Goats are amazing, multi-talented creatures that have been domesticated for over 10,000 years.

Running a Small Flock of Sheep uses a step-by-step approach and has been written for small-scale sheep farmers and inexperienced people considering a rural life-style change.

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Rearing young stock for replacement heifers is probably one of the least well understood and practised aspects of herd and feeding management on dairy farms throughout the world, particularly on small holder dairy farms in the tropics.

This book integrates the research progress of Tryptophan (Trp) and its metabolites in animal nutrition and human health.

Righteous Porkchop is a searing, and utterly convincing, indictment of modern meat production.

A comprehensive and thoroughly revised text on dairy science that contains information on the most recent developments The fully updated third edition of Understanding the Dairy Cow explores the scientific principles that provide a foundation for understanding the animal s body system.

Pleuropneumonia has had a long history in Australia.

Jellyfish form spectacular population blooms and there is compelling evidence that jellyfish blooms are becoming more frequent and widespread.

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.

The first modern scholarly synthesis of animal domesticationAcross the globe and at different times in the past millennia, the evolutionary history of domesticated animals has been greatly affected by the myriad, complex, and diverse interactions humans have had with the animals closest to them.

Pets and Their Problems, A Guide for Animal Lovers deals with the ethics and problems of pet-keeping.

Control of Pig Reproduction focuses on carefully evaluated techniques and technologies involved in the control of pig reproduction.

Environmental stress is one of the most significant factors affecting livestock performance and health, and it is only expected to increase with effects of global warming.

This book describes the development of animal models widely used in biomedical research using step-wise instructions and photographs.

This bookgives a start-to-finish overview of the whole Fish4Knowledge project, in 18short chapters, each describing one aspect of the project.

This primate field guide can be used to refer to information on each species, or it can be used to find which species exist on each island, as shown at the back of the book.

Veterinary Virology deals with basic biomedical virology and the clinical discipline of infectious diseases.

A captivating testament to the mutual rewards and delights of keeping chickens, by the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flower YardMost of us want a dog, or a cat, or a pony when we are young but for Arthur Parkinson, it was always hens.

This series of volumes represents a comprehensive and integrated treatment of reproduction in vertebrates from fishes of all sorts through mammals.

This book offers a comprehensive review of the biology of snakes, focusing on Italian species.

Beef Cattle Production and Trade covers all aspects of the beef industry from paddock to plate.

Developed from the successful Norwegian book Den Store Kaninboka (The Big Book of Rabbits) this book covers all aspects of rabbit behaviour, welfare, health and husbandry, with updated and expanded content now also made relevant to veterinarians.

A memoir about keeping chickens from the author of THE COLOR PURPLEWhen Alice Walker grew up in the deep south of America, her family always kept chickens - for meat and for eggs - and her job was to chase down the Sunday dinner!

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

Snow Leopards: Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes is the only comprehensive work on the biology, behavior, and conservation status of the snow leopard, a species that has long been one of the least studied, and hence poorly understood, of the large cats.

Headache and Migraine in Practice provides practical and precise approaches to the headaches and facial pains commonly encountered in hospitals and clinics.

This book summarizes the status quo of the knowledge about the biodiversity in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine animals that live in Japan.

This contributed volume covers all aspects of small indigenous fish for nutritional and livelihood security.

The mid-1800s witnessed a mass exodus from the Pennine 'Dales' as the then latest generation of farmers and miners sought a new life in the New World.

This book focuses on the ecological impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake and resulting tsunamis, a rare and extremely large disturbance event, on various coastal ecosystems in Japan's Tohoku area, including sub-tidal and tidal animal communities, sand dune plant communities and coastal forests.

Keeping captive tortoises healthy and well is a significant challenge.

This book provides comparative data on fish ecology and small-scale fisheries between Tapajos (clear water) and Negro (black water) rivers, in the Brazilian Amazon.

We love chickens.

This book provides both the conceptual basis and technological tools that are necessary to identify and solve problems related to biodiversity governance.