Agriculture Animal Husbandry category: 3344 books

Restauration de la qualité de l?eau, préservation de la biodiversité et des paysages, fertilité des sols, émissions de gaz à effet de serre? Comment ces défis peuvent-ils devenir des opportunités pour le développement de l?agriculture biologique ? Ce livre illustré synthétise des résultats...

Les États-Unis sont l’un des plus importants producteurs de produits agricoles du monde. Ils disposent d’un très vaste marché intérieur et sont le premier exportateur mondial de produits agricoles. En effet, la part de la production qui est exportée est plus de deux fois plus élevée dans...

Après l’ère de la génomique, la métagénomique a envahi le domaine de la biologie. Permettant l’exploration du contenu génétique d’un échantillon issu d’un environnement complexe (sol, eau, végétal, microbiote animal, aliment, etc.), via le séquençage de l’ADN, la métagénomique...

Ce rapport constitue une source unique d’estimations récentes du soutien à l’agriculture et fournit un panorama du soutien à l’agriculture dans la zone de l’OCDE, complété par des chapitres sur l’évolution des politiques agricoles dans chaque pays de l’OCDE. Le soutien global accordé...

L’agriculture est le principal utilisateur d’eau dans la plupart des pays. Ce secteur est également confronté à l’énorme défi d’augmenter la production de produits alimentaires de presque 50 % d’ici 2030 et de la faire doubler d’ici 2050. Ceci devra probablement être réalisé en...

This is a book every goat-keeper should have. The latest edition has been extensively revised by Ruth Goodwin, a well-known expert, to reflect the changes in the goat-keeping world since publication of the previous edition. She has incorporated her revisions with great skill without losing the character of what is a classic work.

This volume contains a collection of interesting and helpful articles on pig keeping, covering topics such as feeding, breeding, ailments, and more. Containing a wealth of information that will be of value to the modern pig farmer, this text constitutes a must-read for those with an interest in the...

Advances in the Study of Behavior was initiated over 40 years ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior. This volume makes another important contribution to the development of the field by presenting theoretical ideas and research findings to professionals...

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 49 provides users with the latest insights in this ever-evolving field. Users will find new information on a variety of species, including social behaviors in reptiles, the behavioral evidence of felt emotions, a section on developmental plasticity, a chapter...

This new volume of Current Topics in Developmental Biology covers recent progresses in our understanding of animal metamorphosis. Over a dozen of leading experts reviews studies ranging from morphological, molecular to genetic analyses of metamorphosis in a broad spectrum of animals, including insects,...

The term "phytogenics", also referred to as botanicals or phytobiotidescribes plant-derived compounds incorporated in animal feed to improve productivity of livestock through amelioration of feed properties and promotion of the animal's production performance. In the last few years phytogenihave gained considerable attention in the feed industry.

Advances in the Study of Behavior was initiated over 40 years ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior. That number is still expanding. This volume makes another important "contribution to the development of the field" by presenting theoretical ideas...

Harvested Forages deals with the subject of food for domestic animal feeding. Such food is called "forage" and includes things like alfalfa and other plants usually referred to as "hay." Topics include the ways that this forage is produced, how it is harvested, and ways that it...

This book contains the proceedings of the 42nd University of Nottingham Feed Conference held in September 2008. Authors of all chapters are international experts in their fields and have provided comprehensive analyses of the issues together with practical applications. This book is essential reading...