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Animal Agriculture
Sustainability, Challenges and Innovations
Helps readers gain a better understanding of how to promote sustainable agriculture and improve efficiency in animal production
Fuller W. Bazer (Edited by), G. Cliff Lamb (Edited by), Guoyao Wu (Edited by)
9780128170526
Paperback, published 26 October 2019
558 pages
23.4 x 19 x 3.4 cm, 1.09 kg
Animal Agriculture: Sustainability, Challenges and Innovations discusses the land-based production of high-quality protein by livestock and poultry and how it plays an important role in improving human nutrition, growth and health. With exponential growth of the global population and marked rises in meat consumption per capita, demands for animal-source protein are expected to increase 72% between 2013 and 2050. This raises concerns about the sustainability and environmental impacts of animal agriculture. An attractive solution to meeting increasing needs for animal products and mitigating undesirable effects of agricultural practices is to enhance the efficiency of animal growth, reproduction, and lactation. Currently, there is no resource that offers specific knowledge of both animal science and technology, including biotechnology for the sustainability of animal agriculture for the expanding global demand of food in the face of diminishing resources. This book fills that gap, giving readers all the necessary information on important issues facing modern animal agriculture, namely its sustainability, challenges and innovative solutions.
1. Introduction: Significance and challenges of animal production Part 1: Beef cattle production 2. Genetics and breeding of beef cattle 3. Physiology and pregnancy of beef cattle 4. Reproductive management of beef cattle 5. Nutrition and feeding of confined and grazing beef cattle Part 2: Lactation and management of dairy cattle 6. Genetics and genomics of dairy cattle 7. Physiology of lactation in dairy cattle 8. Reproductive management of dairy cattle 9. Nutrition and feeding of dairy cattle Part 3: Sheep and goat production 10. Genetics and breeding of sheep and goats 11. Reproductive physiology of sheep and goats 12. Reproductive management of sheep and goats 13. Nutrition and feeding of sheep and goats Part 4: Swine production 14. Swine genetics and breeding 15. Reproductive physiology of swine 16. Reproductive management of swine 17. Nutrition and feeding of swine Part 5: Poultry production 18. Poultry genetics and breeding 19. Reproductive physiology and hatching of poultry 20. Reproductive management of poultry 21. Nutrition and feeding of poultry Part 6: Biotechnologies and others in animal production 22. Muscle biology and meat quality 23. Production of transgenic animals 24. Fermentation techniques in feed production 25. Mathematical modelling in animal production 26. Manure utilization in production systems Part 7: Management of animal diseases in livestock and production 27. Management of metabolic diseases in ruminants and nonruminants 28. Management of pathogens in cattle 29. Management of pathogens in swine 30. Management of pathogens in poultry
Subject Areas: Food & beverage technology [TDCT]
