Introduction to Animal Science: Global, Biological, Social, and Industry Perspectives - Hardcover

Damron, W. Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0135134862 ISBN 13: 9780135134863

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2008

Synopsis

Introduction to Animal Science: Global, Biological, Social and Industry Perspectives, 4efeatures the most comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the traditional disciplines that are so essential to a solid foundation in Animal Science: nutrition, digestion, feeds, genetics, reproduction, disease, and animal behavior. Species-focused chapters include the major species (horse, dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, goat, poultry, and swine) and the minor species (aquaculture, pets/companion animals, the lamoids, and rabbits).

About this title

From the Back Cover

Innovative in content and perspective, this introduction to contemporary animal science puts all of animal science in perspective by examining not only the traditional biological topics (e.g., major species, nutrition, digestion, feeds, genetics, reproduction, disease, and animal behavior) but by exploring the dynamic nature of animal science and the many ways in which it is a piece of a much larger whole of agriculture (e.g., vertical integration of industry structure) and agriculture within society (e.g., how animals fit into all of society and how animals contribute to the well being of man from a worldwide perspective). The Value of Animals to Man. Factors Affecting World Agricultural Structure. Worldwide Systems of Agricultural Production. Introduction to Nutrition. The Gastrointestinal Tract. Feedstuffs. Genetics. Animal Breeding. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. Reproductive Physiology. Lactation. Animal Behavior and Handling. Animal Health and Diseases. Vertical Integration. The Beef Cattle Industry. The Dairy Cattle Industry. The Poultry Industry. The Swine Industry. The Sheep and Goat Industries. The Horse. Companion Animals. The Llamoids. Rabbits. Aquaculture. Careers and Career Preparation in Animal Science. Animals As Consumers of Grain: Asset or Liability. Food Safety. Animal Welfare and Animal Rights. The Role of Animals in Sustainable Agriculture. For anyone interested in an expanded view of contemporary animal science.

About the Author

W. Stephen Damron, Ph.D., is Professor of Animal Science at Oklahoma State University. His career as an educator has spanned nearly a quarter of a century and he is the recipient of eleven teaching awards, including the prestigious NACTA and Gamma Sigma Delta Distinguished Teaching awards. Dr. Damron is a member of boar the American Society of Anima! Science and the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture,

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0135134862
• ISBN 13: 9780135134863
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 841