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Author Hemming, D

Title Animal Sciences Reviews 2012
Published Wallingford : CABI, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (251 pages)
Contents 1. Breeding for disease resistance in livestock and fish; 2. Cryptosporidium and Giardia zoonoses: minimizing health risks from food animal production; 3. Livestock infectious disease and climate change: a review of selected literature; 4. Intensification of animal production from grassland and ecosystem services: a trade-off; 5. A review of the structure and regulation of the laying hen's reproductive system and the interaction between the stress and reproductive axes; 6. Communicable diseases and the human-animal relationship -- Mini Review
7. Analysing the genetic basis of milk production traits8. Environmental enrichment and practical applications for welfare in production agriculture; 9. Selection of growth functions for describing length-at-age relationships in fish species displaying different life history traits: unexpected alternatives to the von Bertalanffy equation and advantages of a pluralistic statistical approach; 10. The function, social implications and management of barking in dogs; 11. High-affinity and -specificity, bacteriophage-based technologies: beyond phage therapy -- Mini Review
12. Issues and possible intervention strategies relating to early weaning of piglets13. Major bacterial diseases in aquaculture and their vaccine development; 14. Intensive versus extensive management systems in commercial egg production; 15. Lamb mulesing: impact on welfare and alternatives; 16. Laminitis in horses; 17. A review of innate immune functions in crocodilians; 18. Novel techniques for preserving genetic diversity in poultry germplasm; 19. Recombinant vaccines and infectious bursal disease virus; 20. Fish frauds: the DNA challenge; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P
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Summary This title offers expert analysis of key research topics in animal science published in 2012. It makes available in printed form the scientific reviews in animal science published online in CAB Reviews during 2012. It provides analysis of key topics in current research, including breeding, animal behaviour, zoonotic diseases and environment. It includes essential overviews from experts including Mike Stear, James France, Philip Klesius and Frederick Silversides. It is suitable for researchers and students of animal science
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Animals.
Zoology.
Animal culture.
zoology.
Animal culture
Animals
Zoology
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781780643038
1780643039