Animal husbandry

The global drive towards sustainability and improved animal health means there is a greater need for development of novel functional ingredients for the feed industry.

This practical research text provides an invaluable resource for all animal and veterinary scientists designing, analysing and interpreting results from nutrition and feed experiments in pigs and poultry.

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.

Updated and revised, this bestselling textbook continues to provide a broad introduction to the key topics in the welfare of animals both large and small, farm and companion, wild and zoo.

In the past, wildlife living in urban areas were ignored by wildlife professionals and urban planners because cities were perceived as places for people and not for wild animals.

The capacity of humans to destroy their environment is playing out like a Greek tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea.

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 49 provides users with the latest insights in this ever-evolving field.

Find out how you can help save the bees in lots of practical ways and discover the incredible science behind honey bees, beekeeping, and bees in the wild - from the carpenter solitary bee to the stingless sugarbag.

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.

Protein and Amino Acid Nutrition describes the state of knowledge concerning the nutrition of proteins and amino acids.

This volume presents a representative sample of contributions to the 41st European Marine Biology Symposium held in September 2005 in Cork, Ireland.

Die Autoren beleuchten in ihrem neuesten Buch alle Facetten des Freizeitreitens und des Pferdesports unter Berücksichtigung sämtlicher tierschutzrechtlicher Rahmenbedingungen in Deutschland und Österreich, um darzustellen, wie man diesen wunderbaren Sport mit dem Lebewesen Pferd betreiben kann, sodass beide Beteiligten Freude an ihrer Zusammenarbeit haben.

Swine Nutrition is a comprehensive text-reference that deals with the various aspects and knowledge in swine nutrition.

The world's oceans cover 70% of the earth's surface and are home to a myriad of amazing and beautiful creatures.

Stimulating and thought-provoking, this important new text looks at the welfare problems and philosophical and ethical issues that are caused by changes made to an animal's telos, behaviour and physiology, both positive and negative, to make them more productive or adapted for human uses.

Raising cattle in the 21st century can be a complicated process.

Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition - 1982 focuses on the compositions of animal feeds.

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

Advances in Sheep Welfare examines the recent advances made in sheep welfare assessment, handling and management, providing state-of-the-art coverage of the welfare needs of one of the world's most widely farmed animals.

This book places Australia's efforts in selected areas of animal biotechnology in the context of research developments occurring internationally.

Advances in Animal Genomics provides an outstanding collection of integrated strategies involving traditional and modern - omics (structural, functional, comparative and epigenomics) approaches and genomics-assisted breeding methods which animal biotechnologists can utilize to dissect and decode the molecular and gene regulatory networks involved in the complex quantitative yield and stress tolerance traits in livestock.

Organic animal production has increased rapidly in recent years to keep up with the increasing consumer demand for organic meats.

Beef Production focuses on the different aspects or sectors of beef production, elaborating different systems of production and development with reference to both technical and economic efficiency.

Domestic and wild large mammalian herbivores occur on every continent except Antarctica.

Having shown us how to master monsters in Edward's Crochet Imaginarium and capture our friends and family in Edward's Crochet Doll Emporium, Kerry Lord is back with patterns for everyone's favourite pups in her new book Edward's Menagerie: Dogs.

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.

The fast and easy way to start and maintain a hive Beekeeping For Dummies is a practical, step-by-step beginner's guide to beekeeping.

The 2nd international tagging and tracking symposium was held in San Sebastian, Spain, in October 2007, seven years after the first symposium was held in Hawaii in 2000 (Sibert and Nielsen 2001).

The publication of research articles involving animal studies is central to many disciplines in science and biomedicine.

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

One of the mysteries of mammalian reproduction is the physiologic process that determines the length of gestation.

This book provides a detailed overview of mosquitoes.

Metabolic Diseases in Farm Animals discusses metabolic diseases in farm livestock, focusing on four clinical syndromes-parturient hypocalcaemia, hypomagnesaemia, ketosis, and bloat.

Based on the proceedings of a recent symposium, this book aims to explore and ultimately define sustainability in the context of poultry production in Europe to create a durable industry for future generations.

Hormones, Brain and Behavior, Third Edition offers a state-of-the-art overview of hormonally-mediated behaviors, including an extensive discussion of the effects of hormones on insects, fish, amphibians, birds, rodents, and humans.

Beekeeping is a sixteen-billion-dollar-a-year business.

This book highlights the fundamental association between aquaculture and engineering in classifying fish hunger behaviour by means of machine learning techniques.

A striking and famous feature of the English landscape, Dartmoor is a beautiful place, with a sense of wildness and mystery.

The American feed industry manufactures tons of dietary supplements and additives each year for inclusion in the diets of food-producing animals.

Awarded honourable mention for the 2024 GFASG Book Award.

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

Forage in Ruminant Nutrition is the 12th text in a series of books about animal feeing and nutrition.