This 24-chapter book is aimed to serve as a text for college students and others desiring a comprehensive introduction to the biology, care, and production of domestic animals and freshwater fish raised to provide food, as well as companionship and recreation for billions of humans around the globe.
Auflage
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Editions-Typ
Illustrationen
illustrations, glossary, index
Maße
Höhe: 279 mm
Breite: 228 mm
Dicke: 26 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-07-366175-9 (9780073661759)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
1 Animal Agriculture2 Breeds and Life Cycles of Livestock and Poultry3 Animal Products4 Companion Animals5 Horses6 Aquaculture7 State of Being of Domestic Animals8 Fundamental Principles of Genetics9 Principles of Selecting and Mating Farm Animals10 Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals11 The Application of Endocrinology to Selected Animals and Humans 12 The Physiology of Growth and Senescence13 Anatomy and Physiology of Reproduction and Related Technologies in Farm Mammals14 Artificial Insemination15 Physiology of Lactation16 Physiology of Egg Laying17 Ecology and Environmental Physiology18 Principles of Nutrition: Plant and Animal Composition19 The Physiology of Digestion in Nutrition20 The Nutritional Application of Vitamins to Human and Animal Health21 The Nutritional Contributions of Minerals to Humans and Animals22 Animal Disease and the Health of Humans23 Selected Insects and Parasites of Significance to Humans and Animals24 Ethology and Animal Behavior Appendix A: Common Terms or Names Applied to Selected Farm AnimalsAppendix B: Convenient Conversion DataAppendix C: Tables of Weights and MeasuresAppendix D: Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations in the United States and Its TerritoriesAppendix E: Alphabetical List of Elements and Symbols
