Animal husbandry

Questo libro approfondito sull'addestramento equino offre una guida dettagliata per migliorare il rapporto tra cavaliere e destriero attraverso tecniche moderne e scientificamente provate.

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt der Pferderassen in diesem umfangreichen Nachschlagewerk.

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!

Posterior a la firma del Acuerdo Final de Paz, la deforestación a nivel nacional aumentó más de un 40%, dentro de este porcentaje, la Amazonía es la región con mayor afectación en el país.

As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week'A delightful and entertaining memoir' Woman and HomeWhen Jacqueline moves to south-west France with her husband, she embraces rural village life and buys two pigs to rear for slaughter.

Raising chickens is a growing trend hitting urban and suburban areas, as well as the country.

Beginning Beekeeping is a simple, straightforward approach that gives you the basics to get started with beekeeping, while following a balanced, objective approach that weighs the pros and cons of conventional and organic methodologies.

Take a sideways look at the dog - from nose to tail, and everything in betweenThat humans all over the world love dogs is beyond doubt, but do we really understand our four-legged friends, beyond their wet noses and wagging tails?

This all-in-one guide to the world's favourite pet ensures that you can be the owner of a healthy, happy cat.

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

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.

Descubra os fundamentos essenciais para manter seu cavalo saudável e feliz com este guia abrangente sobre saúde e bem-estar equino.

Due to its prolific reproduction and the external development of the transparent embryo, the zebrafish is the prime model for genetic and developmental studies, as well as research in genomics.

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

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

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

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

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 volume presents the latest research on herbivores, aquatic and terrestrial mammals and insects.

This comprehensive handbook provides information on history, breeds and genetics, statistics, animal health, production, product utilization, and future projections.

With the substantial advances in the miniaturization of electronic components, wildlife biologists now routinely monitor the movements of free-ranging animals with radio-tracking devices.

This comprehensive volume examines the interrelationships of nitrogen and energy nutrition of ruminants.

Animal Behavior covers the broad sweep of animal behavior from its neurological underpinnings to the importance of behavior in conservation.

Animal Migration, Orientation, and Navigation presents the various aspects of animal migration, including the evolution of migration, climatic and meteorological influences, and bioenergetics.

This is the second edition of Horse Feeding and Nutrition which was originally published in 1980.

'Share[s] the life-enhancing joys of the humble hen' Sunday Times'Clocks our obsession with chicken-keeping .

Fullerenes or "e;buckyballs,"e;a new carbon-based family of materials, have fascinated the scientific community for the past few years.

Penguin Biology is the first broad-based collection of biological and ecological studies of these unique birds to be published since 1975.

The 6th edition of a well-known and much used standard text in the field.

This book outlines the principles of flight, of birds in particular.

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

Among animals used in research, teaching and testing, mice are now widely recognized as the most important model for human diseases and disorders.

The increasing realization among behaviorists and psychologists is that many animals learn by observation as members of social systems.

Radio Tracking and Animal Populations is a succinct synthesis of emerging technologies and their applications to the empirical and theoretical problems of population assessment.

Grazing animals need to be managed in order to accommodate desired results in terms of animal, plant, land and economic responses.

Discover a thorough guide to equine health and wellness that combines scientific knowledge with practical horse care advice.

This practical book provides crucial information necessary to formulate diets with appropriate amounts of amino acids, minerals, and vitamins.

Recent trends toward specialization in veterinary medicine parallel similar trends in the practice of human medicine.

This third edition of Fish Nutrition is a comprehensive treatise on nutrient requirements and metabolism in major species of fish used in aquaculture or scientific experiments.

Descubra el fascinante mundo de los caballos y ponis paso a paso con esta guía práctica y detallada que abarca todos los aspectos esenciales del cuidado y entrenamiento equino.

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One of the only books to discuss all vertebrates, the fourth edition of Vertebrate Endocrinology has been completely reorganized and updated to explore the intricate mechanisms that control human physiology and behavior as well as that of other vertebrate animals.