Scientific Farm Animal Production
For courses in Introductory Animal Science or Introductory Livestock Management. Scientific Farm Animal Production: An Introduction to Animal Science, Tenth Edition, offers students a comprehensive, science-based approach to managing livestock for food, fiber, and recreation. This best-selling text examines the biological principles, scientific relationships, and management practices of livestock production, providing students the context and foundation upon which they can determine their acade…
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- Full title :Scientific Farm Animal Production.
Summary
For courses in Introductory Animal Science or Introductory Livestock Management. Scientific Farm Animal Production: An Introduction to Animal Science, Tenth Edition, offers students a comprehensive, science-based approach to managing livestock for food, fiber, and recreation. This best-selling text examines the biological principles, scientific relationships, and management practices of livestock production, providing students the context and foundation upon which they can determine their academic and career focus. Updated with new figures, color photos, and current demographic data, the.
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- Publication Date:2013.
- Edition:10th ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Pearson Education UK
- Place of Publication:Harlow
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (654 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781292055626, 1292055626
- oclc:on1017002418
- LC Classification:SF61 .T395 2014
- Dewey Decimal:636
Table of Contents
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- 1. Animal Contributions to Human Needs -- 2. An Overview of the Livestock and Poultry Industries -- 3. Red Meat Products -- 4. Poultry and Egg Products -- 5. Milk and Milk Products -- 6. Wool and Mohair -- 7. By-Products of Meat Animals -- 8. Market Classes and Grades of Livestock, Poultry, and Eggs -- 9. Visual Evaluation of Market Animals -- 10. Reproduction
11. Artificial Insemination, Estrous Synchronization, and Embryo Transfer -- 12. Genetics -- 13. Genetic Change Through Selection -- 14. Mating Systems -- 15. Nutrients and Their Functions -- 16. Digestion and Absorption of Feed -- 17. Providing Nutrients for Body Functions -- 18. Growth Development -- 19. Lactation -- 20. Adaptation to the Environment -- 21. Animal Health -- 22. Animal Behavior -- 23. Beef Cattle Breeds and Breeding -- 24. Feeding and Managing Beef Cattle -- 25. Dairy Cattle Breeds and Breeding -- 26. Feeding and Managing Dairy Cattle -- 27. Swine Breeds and Breeding
28. Feeding and Managing Swine -- 29. Sheep and Goat Breeds and Breeding --…
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