Animal Science and Industry (7th Edition)
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Book Description
Now in its seventh edition, Animal Science and Industry remains an outstanding, easy to read introduction to the principles of animal science as well as the industry of animal production and management. It provides comprehensive coverage vital to the proper care and well-being of animals, including animal nutrition and digestion, environment, health, behavior, reproduction, lactation, and genetics/breeding. Also included are all aspects of specific production and management practices-as well as concepts in the marketing of animals and the processing of their products-as these aspects relate to beef, dairy, horse, poultry, sheep, swine, and aquaculture industries. Global trends in animal product consumption, to feed manufacturing, the ruminant digestive system, nutrition and feedlot management, farm animal reproduction, genes and chromosomes, the importance of milk production in different species, growth and development, marketing meat animals, the merchandising and promotion of wool, the business of producing eggs, and much more. For those in farm and animal production enterprises.
Card catalog description
Animal Science and Industry, fifth edition, relates animal science principles to efficient livestock and poultry production. Comprehensive information and discussion focuses on (1) biological principles of animal function and management; (2) business and financial considerations in efficient animal production systems; (3) appreciation of high-quality animal products - meat, milk, wool, and the use of horses for work and pleasure; and (4) marketing of animals and the processing of their products.
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Animal Science and Industry (7th Edition)
Animal Science and Industry (7th Edition),Merle D. Cunningham,Duane Acker,Mickey A. LaTour,Prentice Hall,013046256X,Agriculture - Animal Husbandry,Agriculture - General,Animal industry,Livestock,Science/Mathematics,Technology,Technology & Industrial Arts,Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
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