Scientific Farm Animal Production
- ISBN-10
- 0808740938
- ISBN-13
- 9780808740933
- Series
- Scientific Farm Animal Production
- Pages
- 415
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983
- Publisher
- Burgess Publishing Company
- Authors
- Robert Ellis Taylor, Ralph Bogart
Description
Animal contributions to human needs, Meat, Milk and milk products, Hides, wool, mohair, and furs, Market classes and grades of livestock and poultry, Visual evaluation of slaughter red meat animals, Reproduction, Artificial insemination, estrus synchronization, and embryo transfer, Growth and maturation, Lactation, Adaptation to the environment, Digestion and absorption of feed, The functions of nutrients, Providing needed substances for body functions, Genetics, Selection, Systems of breeding, Beef cattle breeds and breeding, Feeding and managing beef cattle, Dairy cattle breeds and breeding, Managing dairy cattle, Swine breeds and breeding, Feeding and managing swine, Sheep breeds and breeding, Feeding and managing sheep, The poultry industry, Managing poultry, Horses and donkeys, Feeding and managing horses, Goats, Bahavior of animals, Making effective management decisions, Careers and career preparation in the animal sciences.
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