Author : Jack Byard
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 13,80 MB
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1607657759
Cows, sheep, and goats, oh my! Discover loads of interesting facts about 172 popular breeds of farm animals, including their unique characteristics, history, breeding, personality, and more. Fun and fascinating, this engaging, collective guide will turn both the young and old into farm animal enthusiasts!
Author : Janet Vorwald Dohner
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 31,71 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 030013813X
"The need to preserve farm animal diversity is increasingly urgent, says the author of this definitive book on endangered breeds of livestock and poultry. Farmyard animals may hold critical keys for our survival, Jan Dohner warns, and with each extinction, genetic traits of potentially vital importance to our agricultural future or to medical progress are forever lost."--BOOK JACKET.
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File Size : 36,71 MB
Release : 2011
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Author : Jack Byard
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 39,71 MB
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1913618056
Did you know that pigs are smarter than your average 3-year-old? In this pocket-sized guide, you’ll discover loads of interesting facts about 29 popular breeds of pigs, including their appearance, history and breeding, and details of its personality. From the American Guinea Hog who loves a good belly rub, to the hardy Yorkshire who is happiest foraging outdoors, this fully revised and updated edition is a fascinating and fun guide that will turn both young and old into a pig enthusiast.
Author : John Pukite
Publisher : TwoDot
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Informative, amazing, and amusing, this indispensable guide provides facts on America's 52 breeds of cattle. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : Brent Zimmerman
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 38,77 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1610581873
Get Your Goat is a comprehensive, engaging way to answer all your questions about keeping goats, as backyard farm animal or even as a pet. It’s all about back to basics: consumers are rejecting consumption and looking for more and more ways to reconnect with the earth, the community, and their food sources. Many people who have tried keeping chickens, toyed with turkeys, or even just fantasized about converting their quarter-acre suburban yard into a pasture has no doubt wondered: What about goats? I don't live on a farm—how do these lively, intelligent creatures fit into my life?This is a complete handbook for keeping all breeds of goats on smaller acreage. It includes essential information on the nuts and bolts of goat behavior: ·An extensive breed guide that teaches you how to make the best choice of breed for your lifestyle ·Fencing and housing ·Health and wellness ·Whether to raise goats for product (milk, meat, fiber) or for companionship ·And moreGet Your Goat is written for the new goat keeper, with all the right questions in mind!
Author : Paul Waldau
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 14,99 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 019973996X
This resource offers a survey of the animal rights movement.
Author : Philip R. Scott
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1498700152
Sheep Medicine, Second Edition describes key sheep diseases encountered in general practice along with their diagnoses, treatment, prognoses, control, and, where appropriate, post-mortem features. The book is divided into chapters covering each body system. Each chapter of this completely revised and updated book opens with a recommended approach t
Author : Jack Byard
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 32,73 MB
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1912158698
Know Your Chickens covers over 40 popular breeds of chickens, showcasing their history, personality, egg-laying and flying abilities, and more fun facts. With this little book in hand, you'll be able to impress your friends by identifying any chicken you happen to encounter!
Author : John Webster
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 36,61 MB
Release : 2020-05-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 111955022X
A comprehensive and thoroughly revised text on dairy science that contains information on the most recent developments The fully updated third edition of Understanding the Dairy Cow explores the scientific principles that provide a foundation for understanding the animal’s body system. The comprehensive text also reveals how to properly manage dairy cattle with economic efficiency whilst taking into consideration the cow’s welfare. The revised new edition contains expanded coverage on topics including insight into cow behaviour and welfare, genetic selection indices, new strategies for control of mastitis and lameness and information on the overworked cow. It also contains the most recent developments in breeding, nutrition and management. Is an authoritative text on the dairy cow that covers a wide-ranging subject area including the science, disease and husbandry Presents the information and knowledge necessary for the efficient and humane management of cows Includes expanded coverage on a variety of topics such as cow behaviour and welfare, and genetic selection indices Highlights major new developments in the field Covering both the basics and recent developments in dairy science, Understanding the Dairy Cow 3rd Edition is ideal for students in agriculture and veterinary science and for professionals working in the complex business of dairy farming.
