This textbook offers students a comprehensive, science-based approach to managing livestock for food, fiber and recreation. It examines the biological principles, scientific relationships, and management practices of livestock production, providing students the context and foundation upon which they can determine their focus.
For freshman-level courses in Introductory Animal Science. This highly acclaimed, best-selling introduction to animal science explores the depth and breadth of both the livestock and poultry industries. It provides a...
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;...
This Book of Abstracts is the main publication of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP).
This Book of Abstracts is the main publication of the 68th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP).
This book is about resource allocation matters with the aim to further development thoughts and models on resource allocation applied to livestock production.
The Science of Animal Growth and Meat Technology, Second Edition, combines fundamental science- based and applied, practical concepts relating to the prenatal and postnatal growth of cattle, sheep and pigs.
The incidence, course and outcome of production diseases are changing continuously. Therefore new information on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of production diseases is needed.
A comprehensive overview of all sectors of production animal agriculture. Suitable for use in introductory Animal Science courses or for general reference.
Embracing a wide range of disciplines, including physiology, biochemistry, veterinary medicine and feed technology, this book covers every type of farm animal found in both developing and developed countries, including cattle, sheep, pigs, ...
The recommendations of Critical Role of Animal Science Research in Food Security and Sustainability will inform a new roadmap for animal science research to meet the challenges of sustainable animal production in the 21st century.