Animal husbandry

Osteobiographies: The Discovery, Interpretation and Repatriation of Human Remains contextualizes repatriation, or the transfer of authority for human skeletal remains from the perspective of bioarchaelogists and evolutionary biologists.

Cats are one of the most popular pets in the world and cat owners want advanced veterinary care.

Genetic Improvement of Farmed Animals provides a thorough grounding in the basic sciences underpinning farmed animal breeding.

Subcellular Components: Preparation and Fractionation talks about cells and particles' components, including their preparation and fractionation.

This volume reviews the broad topic of welfare in nonhuman primates under human care.

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

A Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Healthy, Happy, and Productive Bees.

The Principal Diseases of Lower Vertebrates presents the material published by Heinz H.

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

This book compiles the latest findings in the field of marine and brackishwater aquaculture.

Livestock play a vital role in the agricultural and rural economies of the developing world.

Since 1944, the National Research Council (NRC) has published seven editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle.

This book explores fish genetic resources while emphasizing the importance of genetic diversity for the sustainability of global fish populations.

European Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: Marine Mammal Conservation in Practice presents an intimate view of the workings of international conservation agreements to protect marine mammals, detailing achievements over the last 25 years, identifying weaknesses and making recommendations that governments, scientists, marine stakeholders and the public can take to improve conservation efforts.

The Waltham Book of Human-Animal Interaction: Benefits and Responsibilities of Pet Ownership discusses the scientific study of the relationship between man and animals, focusing on the behavior of companion animals, and how humans and animals affect each other's behavior.

Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals, Third Edition offers the latest and most valuable information on animal science and behavioral genetics, carrying on the book's legacy since its original publication in 1998.

A how-to book on an exhilarating outdoor activity and a unique meditation on the pleasures of the natural worldFollowing the Wild Bees is a delightful foray into the pastime of bee hunting, an exhilarating outdoor activity that used to be practiced widely but which few people know about today.

This volume explores the experiences of those with little or no power-usually, although not exclusively, animals.

Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition - 1987 focuses on the advancement of techniques, procedures, and processes in animal nutrition.

The advent of biotechnology has the potential to develop a variety of novel or better quality products for the treatment of a large number of diseases in livestock.

This vintage book contains a complete and illustrated guide to bee-keeping designed for beginners and students.

Scientific and Humane Issues in the Use of Random-Source Dogs and Cats in Research examines the value of random-source animals in biomedical research and the role of Class B dealers who acquire and resell live dogs and cats to research institutions.

This volume examines fish sounds that have a proven signal function, as well as sounds assumed to have evolved for communication purposes.

Sturkie's Avian Physiology, Seventh Edition is the classic comprehensive single volume on the physiology of domestic as well as wild birds.

In a changing climate, livestock production is expected to exhibit dual roles of mitigation and adaptation in order to meet the challenge of food security.

Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery is a practical resource offering guidance on developing diagnostic and treatment plans for individual companion poultry or small flocks.

Environmental Aspects of Housing for Animal Production is concerned with environmental aspects of housing farm animals.

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This book provides comprehensive insights into the field of duck production and management.

This book provides a concise and up to date review of current knowledge on the biological processes affecting animal welfare, and the implications emerging from our improved understanding of those biological principles in terms of options available to assess and manage the welfare status of individuals and populations.

Fisheries resources are an important component of natural resources.

A comprehensive reference for the poultry industry Volume 2 describes poultry processing from raw meat to final retail products With an unparalleled level of coverage, the Handbook of Poultry Science and Technology provides an up-to-date and comprehensive reference on poultry processing.

This book combines chapters emphasising mathematical, statistical, and computational modelling applied to insect populations, particularly pests or natural enemies in agricultural landscapes.

This book synthesises the historical trends of the lake fisheries, the lake ecology, biology and biodiversity, socio-economics, stock assessment, aquaculture, fish quality assurance, environmental quality and management of the fisheries resources.

Tigers of the World, Second Edition explores tiger biology, ecology, conservation, management, and the science and technology that make this possible.

India imposes stringent criminal penalties, including life imprisonment in some states, for cow slaughter, based on a Hindu ethic of revering the cow as sacred.

Sheep Farming for Meat and Wool contains practical, up-to-date information on sheep production and management for producers throughout temperate Australia.

An accessible and comprehensive guide, filled with everything you need to set up your own mini-farm and live more self-sufficiently.

This book advances discussions of values in fisheries by showing the rich theoretical insights and connections possible when value is grounded in a multi-dimensional social well being approach.

Leanness in Domestic Birds: Genetic, Metabolic, and Hormonal Aspects is a proceeding of a symposium held in Tours, France, from 4 to 6 August 1987.

Emerging Issues in Climate Smart Livestock Production: Biological Tools and Techniques furnishes a detailed reference on livestock sustainability and the role of biotechnology for creating more sustainable livestock production systems.

The Science and Art of Sensory Processing Sensitivity provides an up-to-date and novel scientific perspective on the biologically based Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) trait- which is associated with enhanced awareness, depth of cognitive processing, and heightened responsivity to the environment and other individuals.

Nutrient Requirements of Domesticated Ruminants draws on the most up-to-date research on the energy, protein, mineral, vitamin and water requirements of beef and dairy cattle, sheep and goats.

Many wild animals in human care live longer than their wild counterparts because of modern care and wellbeing programmes, leading to a growing demographic of ageing animals.

With in-depth information on electric fencing, watering, and husbandry for ruminants, poultry, and pigs, plus butchering, dairying, and more"e;If we work hard, we sleep well.

This volume contains a classic handbook on keeping pigs, with chapters on selection and breeding, housing, edit, common ailments and problems, exercise, and much more.

Assessments and Conservation of Biological Diversity from Coral Reefs to the Deep Sea: Uncovering Buried Treasures and the Value of the Benthos examines marine benthic habitats around the world that are linked by their physical location at the bottom of the oceans.

First published in 1928, this volume contains a timeless guide to breeding animals, with a special focus on breeding to type.