Animal agriculture : sustainability, challenges and innovations /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Bazer, Fuller Warren, 1938- (Editor), Lamb, G. Cliff (Editor), Wu, Guoyao, 1962- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: significance, challenges and strategies of animal production / Guoyao Wu, Fuller W. Bazer and G. Cliff Lamb.
  • I: Beef cattle production: 2. Genetics and breeding of beef cattle / Raluca G. Mateescu
  • 3. Physiology and pregnancy of beef cattle / Ky G. Pohler, Gessica A. Franco, Michael F. Smith, et al.
  • 4. Reproductive management of beef cattle / Pedro L.P. Fontes, Nicola Oosthuizen and G. Cliff Lamb
  • 5. Nutrition, feeding and management of beef cattle in intensive and extensive production systems / Tim A. McAllister, Kim Stanford, Gabriel Ribeiro, et al.
  • II: Lactation and management of dairy cattle: 6. Genetics and genomics of dairy cattle / Francisco Peñagaricano
  • 7. Physiology of lactation in dairy cattle : challenges to sustainable production / Geoffrey E. Dahl
  • 8. Reproductive management of dairy cattle / William W. Thatcher and José E.P. Santos
  • 9. Nutrition and feeding of dairy cattle / Peter S. Erickson and Kenneth F. Kalscheur.
  • III: Sheep and goat production: 10. Genetics and breeding of sheep and goats / Elisha Gootwine
  • 11. Reproductive physiology of sheep (Ovis aries) and goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) / Fuller W. Bazer
  • 12. Reproductive management of sheep and goats / Reid Redden and Jacob W. Thorne
  • 13. Sustainable sheep and goat production through strategic nutritional management and advanced technologies / Susan A. McCoard, David R. Stevens and Travis R. Whitney.
  • IV: Swine production: 14. Modern genetic and genomic improvement of the pig / Benny E. Mote and Max F. Rothschild
  • 15. Reproductive physiology of swine / Rodney D. Geisert, Peter Sutvosky, Ashley E. Meyer, et al.
  • 16. Reproductive management of swine / William L. Flowers
  • 17. Nutrition and feeding of swine / Hayford Manu and Samuel K. Baidoo.
  • V: Poultry production: 18. Poultry genetics and breeding / Giridhar Athrey
  • 19. Reproductive physiology of poultry / Claire S. Stephens and Patricia A. Johnson
  • 20. Reproductive management of poultry / Colin G. Scanes, Leasea D. Butler and Michael T. Kidd
  • 21. Precision poultry nutrition and feed formulation / Christopher A. Bailey.
  • VI: Biotechnologies and others in animal production: 22. Muscle biology and meat quality : challenges, innovations, and sustainability / Stephen B. Smith
  • 23. Genetic imporvement of livestock, from conventional breeding to biotechnological approaches / Blythe Schultz, Nick Serão and Jason W. Ross
  • 24. Fermentation techniques in feed production / Zhaolai Dai, Lu Cui, Guoyao Wu, et al.
  • 25. Mathematical modeling in animal production / Luis Orlindo Tedeschi and Hector Manuel Menendez
  • 26. Manure treatment and utilization in production systems / Zong Liu and Xiao Wang.
  • VII: Management of animal diseases in livestock and poultry production: 27. Management of metabolic disorders (including metabolic diseases) in ruminiant and nonruminant animals / Guoyao Wu
  • 28. Management of pathogens in cattle / Kevin E. Washburn
  • 29. Management of pathogens in swine / Brandon J. Dominguez
  • 30. Management of pathogens in poultry / Zutao Zhou, Bang Shen and Dingren Bi.