Growth of Farm Animals

Tony Lawrence, Vernon Fowler (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2002 | 2nd edition
CABI Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-85199-484-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides a comprehensive picture of how animals grow, change in shape and in composition, and of the factors which affect growth processes and dictate the extent and direction of changes within the animal. growth and structure relative to product value for human consumption, mammary gland growth and product yield, and growth promoters, topics from the first edition expanded to form separate chapters dealing with the effects of hormones, genes and the immune system on growth.

Autor

graduated in Agriculture and Animal Physiology (Hons) at the University of Reading, and obtained a PhD from Leeds University, England. His life's work (over 40 years) has been devoted to academic research and teaching in animal growth and nutrition at the 'Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen', the 'Scottish Agricultural College' and the University of Aberdeen. He is also a visiting Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He served on the Agricultural Research Council working parties on the 'Nutrient Requirements of Pigs' and the Joint Consultative Council aimed at achieving better integration between research and practice. In 1988, he was given the prestigious 'David Black Award' for outstanding service to the British Pig Industry. He was awarded a visiting fellowship by the Polish Academy of Sciences and a Commonwealth Fellowship by the Canadian Ministry of Agriculture. In 1993 he was elected as an Honorary Life Member of the British Society of Animal Science.

Inhalt

1: General aspects of growth 2: Cells 3: Tissues : Basic structure and growth 4: Tissues : Growth and structure relative to product value for human consumption 5: Mammary gland growth and product yield 6: Hormonal influence on growth 7: Genetic influence on growth 8: The immune system and growth 9: Gametes, fertilization and embryonic growth 10: Prenatal and postnatal growth 11: Efficiency and growth 12: Compensatory growth 13: Growth and puberty in breeding animals 14: Measuring growth 15: Growth promoters 16: The future

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Wallingford
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 172 x 244 mm
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin ► Vorklinik
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin ► Großtier
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 0-85199-484-9 / 0851994849
• ISBN-13: 978-0-85199-484-0 / 9780851994840
• Zustand: Neuware