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Animal agriculture : the biology of domestic animals and their use by man
Dirigido a estudiantes universitarios sin una amplia formación en biología .
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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San Francisco :
W.H. Freeman,
[1974]
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| Colección: | Series of books in agricultural science. Animal science.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. Animal agriculture: its scope and future
- The beginnings of animal domestication
- Symbiotic relations between plants and animals and pollution problem
- Animal foods for human needs
- Animal agriculture and the population problem
- II. Animal products
- Meats
- Milk and milk products
- Wool and other animal fibers as raw materials for modern use
- Poultry, eggs, and meat as food
- Contribution of working animals for power, herding, protection, and pleasure
- III. Animal species, breeds, strains, and hybrids
- Dairy cattle and other dairy animals
- Cattle used for meat production
- Swine: plasticity in meeting the needs of man
- Sheep, goats, and other fiber-producing species
- Poultry
- Horses, mules, and asses
- An examination of systmes of management of wild and domestic animals based on the African Ecosystems
- IV. Inheritance and animal improvement
- Heredity and how it works
- Selection and mating systems
- Significance of breeds
- Breeding for milk production
- Breeding for meat production
- Imporvement of animal fibers through breeding
- Breeding for eggs and poultry meats
- Genetic improvement of work and pleasure animals
- V. Animal functions and their physiological control
- Regulation of body functions: hormonal and nervous control
- Reproduction in the female
- Male reproduction and artificial insemination
- Egg laying
- Lactation
- Growth and body composition
- Digestion
- The environment versus man and his animals
- Instinctive behavior and learning
- VI. Animal nutrition
- General nutritional considerations
- Estimation of the nutritional value of feeds
- Metabolic conversions
- Meeting nutrient requirements for physiological activities
- VII. Livestock management
- Management of beef cattle
- Management of dairy cattle and other milk-producing animals
- The science of husbandry of swine management
- Management of sheep and other fiber-producing animals
- Horse management
- Poultry management
- Management and disease
- VIII. Classification, grading, and marketing of livestock and their products
- Classification, grading, and marketing of livestock meat
- The production, marketing, and classification of wool and other animal fibers
- Grading and marketing of milk
- Processing and marketing of poultry and eggs
- World marketing and distribution of animal products.