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    • Advances in Sheep Welfare

      • 2nd Edition
      • March 1, 2026
      • Drewe Ferguson + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 4 0 4 9 5
      Advances in Sheep Welfare, Second Edition provides a detailed reference on advancements in sheep welfare. The book contains the most current knowledge on breeding practices, animal affective states, management strategies, farming and production practices, and the role of society and consumers in shaping the welfare debate. In addition to updating all chapters from the previous edition, completely new chapters are included on behavioral assessments of sheep welfare, the impact of climate change, and drivers of change for sheep producers. Stakeholders across the wool, dairy, and sheep meat supply chains will also benefit from this resource.The book brings together a team of international experts to create the definitive resource on sheep welfare. It will serve as a key reference for researchers, instructors, and students at the post-graduate level who are interested in animal agriculture, especially those who study sheep and issues of animal welfare.

    • Brucellosis

      • 1st Edition
      • November 1, 2025
      • Maryam Dadar
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 0 0 6 8 4
      Brucellosis: The Silent Threat to Livestock and Human Health offers an in-depth look into the challenges posed by brucellosis, including its prevention, control, diagnosis, and treatment in animals and humans. This zoonotic disease is a significant concern not only for animal health but also public health, creating an economic burden worldwide. As the first comprehensive reference on brucellosis in decades, this book provides valuable insights into combating and managing the disease in herds and communities. The book emphasizes the importance of the One Health approach, presenting a global perspective on brucellosis.In addition, it discusses the contagious nature of the disease and its impact on livestock and humans, particularly those working in animal husbandry. The book serves as a foundation for new research, highlighting the need for further studies due to the lack of a cure for animals and the difficulties in treating humans.

    • Non-Bovine Milk Derived Bioactive Peptides

      • 1st Edition
      • November 3, 2025
      • Subrota Hati + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 3 5 6 1 0
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 3 5 6 2 7
      Non-Bovine Milk Derived Bioactive Peptides: Production, Characterization, and Biofunctionalities provides an overview of the diverse biological effects of these compounds, particularly focusing on their health promoting effects, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes prevention, along with their antimicrobial and anti-oxidative properties. Novel mechanisms of action responsible for the bioactivity of non-bovine milks are also proposed. Written and edited by a global team of experts, this resource is ideal for researchers and academics in the fields of dairy science, nutrition, food and beverage science.In addition, this book will also be of interest to those working in the dairy food industry, particularly in research and product development.

    • Appetite Interrupted

      • 1st Edition
      • November 1, 2025
      • James A. Carr
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 9 2 1 9 4
      Appetite Interrupted: The Role of Predators in Shaping the Behavioral Ecology and Physiology of Satiety explores how mechanisms suppress feeding in vertebrates within both physiological and ecological contexts. Highlighting predation's role as a selective pressure, the book identifies novel neuroendocrine pathways through future research. Written by an expert, it systematically examines the behavioral ecology, evolutionary pressures, physiological processes, and stressors affecting foraging and feeding behaviors in vertebrates. The book covers why animals stop eating, selective pressures driving the evolution of hunger suppression mechanisms, and physiological controls inhibiting feeding, including stress, anxiety, and fear.It concludes with humans' pathways and obesity evolution, offering practical applications for human nutrition.

    • Laboratory Animal Medicine

      • 4th Edition
      • December 1, 2025
      • James G. Fox + 4 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 7 2 1 1
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 7 2 2 8
      Laboratory Animal Medicine, Fourth Edition—a volume in the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM) blue book series—is the authoritative reference on the biology, health, and care for species involved in research. Edited by recognized veterinary, operational, and research experts and endorsed as the official material for veterinary specialty certification by ACLAM, this work defines the standard for all aspects of humane laboratory animal care and science with animal models.This new edition contains significant changes in content and organization to reflect the evolution of the field. The animal welfare chapter has been moved to the beginning of the book to highlight this subject’s importance. Other chapters have either been consolidated to encourage the reader to recognize commonalities such as those between guinea pigs, gerbils and hamsters, or separated out in recognition of expansions in knowledge and cross-species complexity as illustrated by separate new and old world primate chapters. Advances in practice, technology, and knowledge are highlighted in the chapters on genetically modified organisms, with updates on new techniques in genetic engineering and consideration of non-rodent genetically modified models; microbiological monitoring, with an increased emphasis on environmental monitoring and sentinel free colony health monitoring methods; regulatory compliance, with a comprehensive chapter on birds; employee health and safety, with expanded consideration of compassion fatigue; and animal models in biomedical research, with increased emphasis on experimental design and rigor. New chapters on animal models for microbiome, infectious disease, and transplant research have been added to serve as a reference for the community.This book is an excellent reference for veterinarians and research scientists, as well as program directors and facility managers employed in a variety of academic and corporate settings. This edition continues the tradition of this text in setting standards for the research animal science community as well as expanding and updating relevant and essential topics for this specialty field.

    • Clinical Diseases, Production, and Management of Cattle

      • 1st Edition
      • December 5, 2025
      • Tanmoy Rana
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 8 8 7 9 1
      Clinical Diseases, Production, and Management of Cattle is an essential reference that extensively covers the health, care, and management of cattle. This comprehensive guide begins with general considerations of cattle care and production, progresses into specific practices for calf care, and culminates in a broad examination of cattle diseases—from common to rare, mild to severe. The book includes preventative measures, diagnostic procedures, and treatments for diseases. It is an invaluable resource for industry professionals, animal agriculture researchers, and veterinarians looking to deepen their understanding of cattle health and disease prevention.

    • Oceanic Dolphins

      • 1st Edition
      • October 1, 2025
      • Thomas Allen Jefferson
      • National Marine Mammal Foundation
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 6 6 7 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 6 6 8 9
      Oceanic Dolphins: Ridgway and Harrison's Handbook of Marine Mammals, Volume Two in the Handbook of Marine Mammals series, focuses on dolphins, the remarkable marine mammals that live in our seas and oceans. For centuries, dolphins have fascinated humans with their intelligence and adaptability. As our understanding of marine mammals expands, there is a growing need for comprehensive references on their ecology and biology. This series, created to meet this need, provides definitive reviews of all living species of whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sea lions, sea cows, and marine otters and bears.This volume features chapters written by leading global experts on offshore and oceanic dolphin species. Each chapter includes detailed descriptions of the species, covering aspects such as distribution and abundance, anatomy, physiology, behavior, ecology, reproduction, parasites and diseases, and the effects of human activities on these species.

    • Genetic and Reproductive Approaches for Sustainable Livestock Production

      • 1st Edition
      • October 31, 2025
      • Sukanta Mondal
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 4 8 1 3 9
      Though global food demand is ever-increasing, agricultural productivity is declining, largely due to the shrinking of resources like cultivable land. Under such circumstances, the role of the livestock sector to fulfill growing food demand is particularly important for food and nutritional security. Genetic and Reproductive Approaches for Sustainable Livestock Production details the roles of both established and emerging reproductive and genomic technologies in creating more sustainable livestock production. This book outlines a variety of integrated strategies, covering traditional and modern omics approaches (structural, functional, comparative and epigenomics) and genomics-assisted breeding methods. These can be adopted and utilized to dissect and decode the gene regulatory networks involved in the quantitative yield and stress tolerance traits in livestock. Genetic and Reproductive Approaches for Sustainable Livestock Production is a particularly attractive resource for scientists, researchers, educators and professionals in livestock science, veterinary medicine, and food security. The work will allow professional readers to incorporate existing research into their practices and will prompt academics to build on existing research and make new discoveries.

    • Innovative Conservation Techniques and Perspectives

      • 1st Edition
      • April 8, 2025
      • Germano Leão Demolin-Leite
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 4 0 4 9 0 0
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 4 0 4 9 1 7
      Innovative Conservation Techniques and Perspectives: Global Biome Conservation and Global Warming Impacts on Ecology and Biodiversity explores operational and potential monitoring tools to conserve and/or recover biomes at a global scale. Written by international experts in ecology and biodiversity conservation, this book identifies operational, emerging, and proposed methods for land monitoring and management across the world’s biomes. This important resource on biodiversity is an ideal resource for students, professors, researchers, and both governmental and non-governmental organizations active in biodiversity conservation.

    • Terrestrial Biomes

      • 1st Edition
      • April 12, 2025
      • Germano Leão Demolin-Leite
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 6 5 6 9 0
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 6 5 7 0 6
      Terrestrial Biomes: Global Biome Conservation and Global Warming Impacts on Ecology and Biodiversity explores the effects of anthropogenic activities on Earth’s terrestrial biomes, species, and climate. The book summarizes operational and potential monitoring tools to conserve or recover terrestrial biomes at a global scale. Written by international experts in ecology and biodiversity conservation, this book identifies the challenges and threats to terrestrial organisms and connects them to real cases of conservation.This is an important resource for students, professors, researchers, and governmental and non-governmental organizations active in biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation.

Related subjects

Animal behaviour and welfare

Animal biochemistry physiology and endocrinology

Animal ecology

Animal feed science

Animal genetics and breeding

Animal molecular biology

Animal nutrition

Animal production systems

Animal reproduction