Agriculture Animal Husbandry category: 3344 books

Cover of The Biology of the Laboratory Rabbit
by Daniel H. Ringler, Christian E. Newcomer
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014

After nearly 20 years, the publication of this Second Edition of The Biology of the Laboratory Rabbit attests to its popularity within the scientific community as well as to the need to update an expanding database on the rabbit as a major species in laboratory investigation. The principal aim of...
Cover of Capitalist Pigs

Capitalist Pigs

Pigs, Pork, and Power in America

by J. L. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019

Pigs are everywhere in United States history. They cleared frontiers and built cities (notably Cincinnati, once known as Porkopolis), served as an early form of welfare, and were at the center of two nineteenth-century “pig wars.” American pork fed the hemisphere; lard literally greased the wheels...
Cover of Treating Sick Animals on the Farm With Information on Food, Medicine, Anaesthetics and Other Aspects of Treating Livestock
by Nelson S. Mayo
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016

This antiquarian book contains a detailed guide to caring for and treating sick farm animals, with information on food, medicine, anesthetics, and much more besides. Complete with comprehensive descriptions, simple instructions, helpful tips, and a wealth of useful illustrations and photographs, this...
Cover of The Maize Genome
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Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2018

This book discusses advances in our understanding of the structure and function of the maize genome since publication of the original B73 reference genome in 2009, and the progress in translating this knowledge into basic biology and trait improvement. Maize is an extremely important crop, providing...
Cover of How to Raise Rabbits

How to Raise Rabbits

Everything You Need to Know, Updated & Revised Third Edition

by Samantha Johnson, Daniel Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019

In this freshly updated third edition of How to Raise Rabbits, you'll find practical advice for raising any number of rabbits in any environment—rural or urban, one rabbit or twenty. Brother-sister writing duo Daniel and Samantha Johnson expertly walk readers through all the basics on breed...
Cover of Whole Larder Love

Whole Larder Love

Grow Gather Hunt Cook

by Rohan Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012

For anyone interested in local, sustainable, fresh, organic, humane, or slow food, comes Whole Larder Love, showing you how to hunt, fish, forage, and grow your own food and how to prepare it. Going beyond farm-to-table to encompass garden, forest, field, stream, and storeroom-to-table, author Rohan...
Cover of Hétérosis et variétés hybrides en amélioration des plantes
by André Gallais
Language: French
Release Date: December 18, 2009

L'hétérosis est l'augmentation de vigueur observée au niveau de la descendance du croisement entre deux individus. C'est un phénomène universel dans le monde végétal et animal, traduisant un avantage de l'état hétérozygote. Après une discussion des faits expérimentaux, l'ouvrage montre...
Cover of Operaciones auxiliares en reproducción ganadera
by Emilio Campos Arenas, Mercedes Garrón García
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 2, 2016

Definir las operaciones auxiliares que se llevan a cabo durante el manejo de las hembras para facilitar su cubrición. Describir los cuidados básicos y sanitarios que deben aplicarse sobre las hembras en periodo de gestación y, en un caso práctico, identificar, en los animales, los signos específicos...
Cover of Nematodes in Soil Ecosystems
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Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014

Many species of the phylum Nematoda, the nonsegmented worms, play an important role as animal or plant parasites; most species are active contributors to the decomposition cycle in soil ecosystems, but the details of that contribution are just beginning to be understood. Agricultural nematologists, vitally...
Cover of Zapallo para consumo en fresco y fines agroindustriales: Investigación y desarrollo
by Sanín Ortiz, Franco Alirio Vallejo, Diosdado Baena
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2016

El género humano, como fenómeno biológico actuante, no puede subsistir en modo alguno sin la naturaleza, y ello ha supuesto la utilización libérrima de sus recursos: agua, suelo, aire, plantas y animales. El hecho de que nunca se haya tenido límite en el acceso a los recursos de la naturaleza...
Cover of Alezanes au galop
by Simonne Jacquemard
Language: French
Release Date: December 31, 1976

Avoir un cheval à soi, pour en user non comme d'un objet qu'on ne ménage guère, mais comme d'une créature pleine de force, de dignité, de grâce et de courage, n'est-ce pas l'espoir secret de tout cavalier ? Encore faut-il mériter cette joie qui s'accompagne de l'ascèse propre à l'équitation...
Cover of Du piétin
by J. P. Bouillerce
Language: French
Release Date: September 24, 2016

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique. Extrait : Avant d’entreprendre l’étude du piétin, il est nécessaire d’entrer dans quelques considérations sur l’anatomie et la physiologie du pied du mouton, afin de rendre plus compréhensibles la...
Cover of Production de canards
by Gérard Guy, Elisabeth Baéza, Heinz Pingel
Language: French
Release Date: June 14, 2013

La viande de canard et les œufs sont des aliments qui ont une valeur nutritionnelle élevée pour un coût néanmoins accessible. Les canards sont également exploités pour le marché de la plume et du duvet. La production de canards serait susceptible de contribuer à la lutte conte la faim dans...
Cover of Bergers du monde
by Bernard Faye
Language: French
Release Date: September 24, 2008

Depuis une trentaine d'années, Bernard Faye parcourt les quatre continents à la rencontre de ces hommes qui consacrent leur vie aux animaux et à la terre. Son livre évoque des trajectoires de bergers rencontrés au hasard des parcours dans la fournaise sahélienne, dans les vents de sable des...
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