The ruminants
by Ashdown, Raymond R., Done, Stanley H.
fromColor atlas of veterinary anatomy
The ruminants
by Ashdown, Raymond R., Done, Stanley H.
fromColor atlas of veterinary anatomy
A methodology for ageing foetal and neonatal cattle is developed, involving radiographic examination of infant mandibles for early developmental stages in molariform teeth; tooth-wear methodologies are imprecise at this stage before wear commences. Known-age modern bovine foetal…
Social behavior in farm animals
The book is about social behaviour in farm animals (cattle, pigs, domestic birds, sheep, horses and fish). Part I of the book deals with the concepts of social behaviour, Part II concentrates on species-specific animal behaviour, and part III tackles the contemporary topics in s…
Annotation An understanding of social behavior is increasingly necessary in farm animal husbandry as more animals are housed in groups rather than in individual stalls or pens. There may be economic or welfare reasons for such housing. This book is the first to specifically addr…
Because of the long life of a coconut palm--sixty to eighty years--and the relatively wide spacing the plants require, every coconut grower faces the problem of how to manage the land beneath the palms. Many of the small-scale farmers who manage over 90 percent of the 6 million …
Large animal internal medicine
Conservation conflict, whether human-wildlife or human-human, and specifically those that include the public as stakeholders, is seen as one of the most influential reasons reintroduction and/or conservation of species or landscapes is difficult to accomplish. This is due to the…
At a meeting held on the 19th of September 1956, members of the board of the Gold Producers’ Committee agreed that an investigation into the perennial shortages in the supply of labour to the gold mines should be undertaken. The National Institute for Personnel Research was comm…
The September 2017 issue of the National Geographic magazine contained an article wondering why the Netherlands, this small, urbanized, and densely-populated country in Western Europe, is the second world exporter of food. The answer is found in the innovativeness of Dutch agric…
Perception plays an important role in the human assessment process. This construction of an image is based on many factors, including race, religion, national origin, income, gender, marital status - in short, the summation of our life experiences. An important consideration for…
Com a expansão da agropecuária brasileira, o aumento da exportação e do rigor na garantia de segurança alimentar é cada vez mais urgente existindo a necessidade de investir em tecnologias voltadas para a gestão de seus processos produtivos. Medir, planear, melhorar os resultados…
The reduced fertility following earlier estrus synchronization protocols made it necessary to develop new protocols based on our understanding of ovarian follicular dynamics and corpus luteum (CL) function in cattle. “Ovsynch” and “CIDR” are emerging protocols for ovulation sync…
In western Niger soil fertility depletion threatens food production. Cattle management and manure are used to maintain soil fertility. However, cattle population and insufficient feed limit the use of manure for improving soil fertility. The purpose of this research was to asses…
This study examines the food security and marketed surplus effects of intensified dairying in the peri-urban area of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where a market-oriented dairy production (MODP) system has been introduced for smallholders. Implications for policy formulation are drawn …