Handbook Of Livestock Management - Rilegato

Battaglia, Richard A.

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ISBN 10: 0131189336 ISBN 13: 9780131189331

Casa editrice: Pearson College Div, 2006

Riassunto

Discusses a wide range of species and topics, showing step-by-step how to perform the skills and techniques essential for those in animal management. Taking a hands-on approach, it reflects the author’s authoritative experience and emphasizes how to maintain and maximize an animal’s well-being and productivity. Over 800 illustrations, external parts and skeletal drawings, and new photographs offer readers a close look at each species and each livestock management technique. Features chapters on beef cattle, dairy cattle, swine, horses, sheep, goats, poultry, livestock restraint and herd health. Covers all aspects of each species from breeding and conception through their complete lifecycle. Recommends techniques that are best for both the livestock manager and the animal. Provides cautionary notes at appropriate danger points with each step-by-step procedure. Follows a predictable format that includes an introduction to each technique, lists of necessary equipment, a discussion of required restraint, cautionary notes at appropriate danger points, a description of the normal recovery sequence, and a discussion of postprocedural management.  Excellent for those involved in livestock management.

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For courses in Animal Management. Now in paperback, Handbook of Livestock Management, Fourth Edition, discusses a wide range of species and topics, showing step-by-step how to perform the skills and techniques essential for those in animal management. Taking a hands-on approach, it reflects the author's authoritative experience and emphasizes how to maintain and maximize an animal's well-being and productivity. Over 800 illustrations, external parts and skeletal drawings, and new photographs offer readers a close look at each species and each livestock management technique. Chapters on cattle, swine, horses, sheep, goats, poultry, livestock restraint and herd health make this a complete handbook for students of animal science, veterinary science and vocational agriculture.

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• Editore: Pearson College Div
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0131189336
• ISBN 13: 9780131189331
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 642