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In the past decade, a number of advances have been made in genetic engineering as applied to farmed animals. This book has been developed from invited presentations at a conference held in California in August 1997 to address this issue. It is written by representatives from the leading laboratories involved in attempts to improve agriculturally important mammals, poultry and fish. Current knowledge, methodology, technical improvements and successes in the applications of transgenic technology to a range of animals which are important in agriculture are brought together for the first time under one cover. This book is essential reading for research workers in animal genetics, breeding and biotechnology. ... Read more

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Great source!
The book contains excellent reviews on the subject of transgenic cattle, swine, chicken and fish. Different approaches are considered and merits of each are discussed. Practical methods are considered, but for the detailed step by step instructions you will need to dig into bibliography (excellent, by the way).

transgenic animal in agriculture
It is a very interesting book for me ... Read more

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Animals Make Us Human
This lady just blows me away!!!!!She is such a gifted human being.
She has done more for the lives of animals than any other human on this earth.I can not wait for the movie about her life to come to the big screen, I will be the first in line. Just the fact that she is autistic and has overcome her disability is a miricle.

She does not just tell you what she thinks;she shows you the research that proves why she knows she is correct. I have worked with and loved animals all my long life.She has given me much better insight into why animals do the things that they do.

Thebook has personal experiences of the authur and experiences of others that she explains in a purely factual manner.

A MUST READ FOR THOSE INVOLVED WITH ANIMALS OF ANY KIND

The symbiotic relationship of nonhuman animals as food
Grandin is an author that has a unique perspective on the lives of nonhuman animals and has written and spoken extensively on the subject, namely the topic of "humane slaughter". While people outside the discipline may not be familiar with her work, there are many authors that look at the importance of creating a mutual respect for the needs of nonhuman animals with which we share this planet. A reader may be interested in reading her work to see the perspective of someone who works for the meat industry and sees human relationships as symbiotic with the use of nonhuman animals as food. However, authors such as Boissonneault Every Living Being: Representations of Nonhuman Animals in the Exploration of Human Well-Being, Herzog Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals or Fine Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy, Third Edition: Theoretical Foundations and Guidelines for Practice explore a different and more equitable view of the role, value and importance nonhuman animals.

Best Book for Animal LOVERS!!!!
I read all the books on topics like this and this is the one I gift the most to other animal lovers.Really a rare find, much like Temple herself.

A must read for people who want to understand animals
I admire the way Temple writes using down to earth common sense that, after reading what she's written you wonder, why didn't I think of that?Her words open up a whole new way of seeing animals.I absolutely loved this book.

Great book on many different types of animals
This book makes hard to understand animal research understandable. I really enjoyed the chapters on dogs, horses, poultry, and cattle, and I think even if people don't work with cattle, swine, or poultry, it arms them with information that they can take their farmer at a farmer's market and ask pointed, good questions. Dr. Grandin understands that animals serve a purpose, and that we must work to ensure that the animals are treated humanely as they are under our care to serve that purpose. I'm buying 10 copies so some of my friends that raise farm animals can get this information in their hands, and help all of us manage animals better. ... Read more

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Updating two previous National Research Council publications, "Nutrient Requirements of Sheep, Sixth Revised Edition", 1985, and "Nutrient Requirements of Goats, First Edition", 1981, this new book provides an evaluation of the scientific literature on the nutrient requirements of small ruminants in all stages of life. In addition, effects of the environment, feed additives, and metabolism modifiers on nutrient requirements are addressed. Proper formulation of diets for small ruminants depends on adequate knowledge of their nutrient requirements. These requirements depend on the breed and age of the animal and whether he or she is exercising, pregnant, or lactating. "Nutrient Requirements of Small Ruminants" brings together a summary of this latest data with new and expanded information on the composition of feeds commonly consumed by small ruminants, both domestic and wild. For the first time this authoritative reference work includes information on cervids and camelids.Primarily intended for animal nutritionists, veterinarians, and other scientists, some sections will be useful to individual sheep and goat owners and managers and to those responsible for the care and management of wildlife species. As both a practical and a technical reference book, this material is written to ensure that diets of small ruminants contain adequate amounts of nutrients and that intakes of certain nutrients are not so excessive that they inhibit performance or impair health. ... Read more

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The ninth edition of this best-selling book examines the biological principles, scientific relationships, and management practices of livestock production. Blending the discussion of science, disciplines and industries, it effectively introduces readers to Animal Science using a breadth and depth that is unparalleled. Following a logical organization, it first discusses animal products, then basic biological principles (growth, genetics, reproduction, nutrition, health, etc.) and finally the feeding, breeding and management of primary livestock industries. It also gives readers insight into the societal issues surrounding the livestock industry and an overview of the careers and opportunities available within the field. ... Read more

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Great Condition and Shipping
I received this book in a very short time, it was in fantastic condition to!

Great source of information
I bought this book as a for an animal science class. It is very informative and I find myself reading it just out of enjoyment. ... Read more

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Describes the animals of Buttercup Farm and their activities throughout a typical day. ... Read more

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Beef Production-Prentice Hall Agriculture Series
Excellent Prentice hall Textbook covering all aspects of beef production in all parts of the U.S,Prentice Hall Agriculture School Series.Very informative,I read cover to cover and I don't even have a cow! ... Read more

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Animal rights extremists argue that eating meat is murder and that pets are slaves. This compelling reappraisal of the human-animal bond, however, shows that domestication of animals is not an act of exploitation but a brilliantly successful evolutionary strategy that has benefited humans and animals alike. ... Read more

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Fascinating and thought-provoking read!
I've previously read a number of Stephen Budiansky's books (The Nature of Horses and If a Lion Could Talk) and The Covenant of the Wild certainly lived up to expectations.I found it a good-humoured (as all of Budiansky's books seem to be!) and thought-provoking book, and in this particular edition Budiansky addresses some earlier criticisms made of some of his arguments.Budiansky challenges many commonly held beliefs in a good-natured manner and with evidence to support his claims. It certainly got me thinking and I couldn't put the book down...I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in evolution and the process of domestication, or even animal-lovers with inquiring and scientific minds!

Mistitled- Should read "My Tirade Against Animal Righters
If you are looking for fun facts about camels, horses, cats, dogs,etc and their supposed early histories, get another book.The animals themselves are hardly mentioned.This is just one long bitter argument about why he is right and others are wrong.I'm not a supporter of either side in this argument.I wanted an expanded section of the chapter of animal domesticatin in Gun Germs and Steel, but that isnt what I got

An important book
I reviewed this book long ago after I first read it.That review has disappeared but, given the partisan reviewing still here, I thought I should weigh in again with my opinion.

The reviews (and their star ratings) show that you will either love or hate this book. This accurately reflects the unpublicized cultural war that is being waged in the legislative arena between "animal rights" extremists and those of us who raise, love and care for our animals.

As Budiansky so aptly points out, unless you have been shivering at midnight in a field in zero degree weather with your arm inside a sheep trying to save her life and the life of her lamb, you have no right to claim that those of us who do that do not have the best interests of our animals at heart.

Some of the negative reviewers here admit that this is an important book.Read it and decide for yourself.

Udder Nonsense
The Covenant of the Wild is an example of anti-animal rights propaganda masquerading as science. For readers with an interest in this genre, it is worth reading.

Readers with a limited knowledge of natural history or who are unused to careful critical thinking will likely come away with a gross misunderstanding of the history of domestication and a biased view of the animal rights and the environmental movements. It is unclear whether Budiansky sets out to deceive his audience or is just poorly informed.

There is good evidence in the psychology literature that one's early childhood experiences can have a lasting effect on one's outlook. Budiansky explains that he was raised without exposure to animals. This might explain his bias and his projection that no one knows the source of meat or how animals behave other than farmers or hunters. He now feels, after moving to a farm and raising sheep, that he is an expert on animal behavior and animals' desires. Udder nonsense.

In the preface to the 1999 paperback edition, Budiansky writes:

"...we are the only species capable of conceiving of the pain and suffering of another; ... we are the only species capable of understanding the consequences of our actions or our inaction."

Writers in this genre uniformly struggle to name the characteristics that somehow set us apart from other animals and give us a right to hurt them. Budiansky's claim is illustrative of the scientific illiteracy, or selective consideration of evidence that afflicts writers in this area. The premier example of members of other species being aware of, being concerned with, and acting to protect others may the 1964 paper published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, "`Altruistic' Behavior in Rhesus Monkeys." Budiansky must be unaware of the research in this area.

Budiansky sprinkles similar ignorant claims throughout his text. He revisits the claim that monkeys were necessary to the development of the polio vaccine but doesn't mention the fact that in 1984, Albert Sabin, who developed the oral polio vaccine, swore under oath to the U.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs that "the work on [polio] prevention was long delayed by an erroneous conception of the nature of the human disease based on misleading experimental models of the disease in monkeys."

Overall, even if one discounts his factual errors as simple ignorance, his argument that domestic animals were, in some twisted sense, willing participants in our early domestication of them is poorly argued and fraught with internal inconsistency and contradiction. I'm amazed that such gibberish came from the pen of a past editor at the journal Nature, but maybe this helps explain the journal's unwillingness to examine the ethical implications of our discoveries about other animals' minds and emotions.

For anyone other than a student of the anti-animal propaganda, or someone seeking to salve his or her own dislike of progressive views, this book will largely be a waste of time.

Thought provoking ideas about domestication
Despite the other reviewers that dislike this book and the ideas presented in it, I found it fascinating.I have a suspicion that negative reviewers were people with an extreme animal rights philosophy (very different than animal welfare and often confused by the lay person). This book does not concentrate on modern animal agriculture or a defense of it (many aspects of which I do not like), but instead explores the process of domestication and the relationship between domestic animals and humans.Other reviewers comments that suggest Budiansky says things such as, battery hens _like_ to live in small cages, indicates to me that they did not get the point of this book.Budiansky doesn't suggest that animals like to be mistreated, he suggests that a strategy for a species to survive may have been to pair its fate with humans.If you want to learn more about the evolution of and scientific principles behind the strategy of domestication, you will find this book to be illuminating! ... Read more

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Nutrition is a very broad discipline, encompassing biochemistry, physiology, endocrinology, immunology, microbiology and pathology. Presenting the major principles of nutrition of both domestic and wild animals, this book takes a comparative approach, recognising that there are considerable differences in nutrient digestion, metabolism and requirements among various mammalian and avian species. Explaining species differences in food selection, food-seeking and digestive strategies and their significance to nutritional needs, chapters cover a broad range of topics including digestive physiology, metabolic disorders and specific nutrients such as carbohydrates proteins and lipids, with particular attention being paid to nutritional and metabolic idiosyncrasies. It is an essential text for students of animal and veterinary sciences. ... Read more

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Harriet Ritvo provides a picture of how animals figured in English thinking during the 19th century and, by extension, how they served as metaphors for human psychological needs and sociopolitical aspirations. Victorian England has been seen as a period of burgeoning scientific cattle breeding and newly fashionable dog shows; the age of Empire and big game hunting; and an era of reform and reformers that saw the birth of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This volume examines Victorian thinking about animals in the context of other lines of thought: evolution, class structure, popular science and natural history, and imperial domination. The papers and publications of people and organizations concerned with agricultural breeding, veterinary medicine, the world of pets, vivisection and other humane causes, zoos, hunting at home and abroad, all reveal underlying assumptions and deeply held convictions - for example, about Britain's imperial enterprise, social discipline, and the hierarchy of orders, in nature and in human society.The text seeks to contribute a further topic of inquiry into Victorian studies; its combination of rhetorical analysis with more conventional methods of historical research seeks to offer the reader a new perspective on Victorian culture. ... Read more

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This book presents the current understanding of the lipid, carbohydrate, protein, mineral, vitamin, and other nutritional needs of laboratory animals. Extensive tables provide easy access to data and resources. Also included is an expanded background discussion of general dietary considerations. New features of this edition include new information on mineral deficiency and toxicity and expanded discussion of diet formulation and preparation. ... Read more

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Designed for advanced undergraduates in animal breeding and related courses, and as a reference for professionals, this text provides a thorough introduction to the principles and practices of genetic optimization of livestock. It covers options for breeding and selection systems and procedures, emphasizing the usefulness and limitations of each, and discusses current and preferred breeding procedures for different types of herds. ... Read more

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Everything readers need to know about behavior, facilities, first aid, breeding, birthing, fleece harvesting, and marketing. ... Read more

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A must-read for llama enthusiasts
This is an excellent source of information and I recommend it to anyone who is considering having a llama, and even to the veteran llama owner.This book covers extensive information on care of llamas that is not generally compiled in other places. As a llama breeder, we strongly recommmed this book to all our buyers and suggest that potential new owners read it BEFORE they make a final decision to own llamas.It contains great information in an easy to read format.For new owners, it provides tremendous insight on what to plan for with pasture, fencing, care, behaviors, etc.Note that this book covers many high-level veterinary care points, but is not intended to provide in-depth medical information.

Great book for beginners!
I checked this book out from the library and found it so helpful and interesting that I'll be buying it to have on hand. I don't have llamas yet, but would like to in the future. In the mean time, I'm trying to read and learn as much about it as I can. This book was great for me as a beginner, but complete enough to expand uponif you've had llamas for a while. It covers all the basics of care and breeding as well as a great section on creating a business with your llamas like packing, showing, fertilizer, etc. Gale Birutta is a great author that presents everything in a clear and interesting manner. I loved this book and I recommend it to anyone interested in llamas.

Great book
I would highly recommend this book, it was very well written and organized.

Excellent book for people just starting out with llamas.
This gives you an overview of everything you need to know about raising llamas.For breeders who sell llamas, the book is a great gift to go along with the animal they sell.It saves them time as it answers many of thequestions the new owners have. A must for people thinking about buyingtheir first llama It tells them what to look forso they can make a wisepurchase..

A comprhensive book on all aspects of llamas.
This is one of the few books that addresses how to show, sell, care for and train llamas.It covers more areas of llama ownership than any other book I have read.If you want a llama for a pet, or for more than that, this is a good read. ... Read more

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Enjoy a career working with your best friends--animals!

Are you the type to choose a trip to the zoo over a ball game? Were you the family member who always came home with a stray dog? Are your shelves filled with books about animals? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are an animal lover--now all you need is an occupation that satisfies your compassion for animals.

Careers for Animal Lovers & Other Zoological Types provides all the information you need to get started on landing the job of your dreams, including inside information on everyday routines of selected jobs, working conditions within the field, and alternate sources to enhance your job search. Use the advice provided here and you'll:

• Decide which specific profession is best for you
• Make the right choices the first time around
• Begin your job search focused and confident
• Present yourself as a knowledgeable, serious job candidate

Animals are people, too! You can work as an:
animal attendant * trainer * zoo curator * veterinarian * ornithologist * pet sitter * aquarist * animal transporter

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Library + copy machine: very vague
I wouldn't recommend actually buying this - it has a lot of vague information on animal related jobs - what's available varies by state so essentially google would be more useful. I would recommend printing out the reference website links - it lists most animal resource links -but I'm sure you could find that list online too. This is why libraries have copy machines...

Great information for an animal lover.
I've recently become very fascinated by animals and wanted to look into careers in animal science and medicine. This book helped me out a lot. If you are looking for some more information or just want to see how many jobs for animal lovers there are out there i really reccomend buying this book. ... Read more

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The connection between people and companion animals has received considerable attention from scholars. In her original and provocative ethnography Livestock/Deadstock, sociologist Rhoda Wilkie asks, how do the men and women who work on farms, in livestock auction markets, and slaughterhouses, interact withoor disengage fromothe animals they encounter in their jobs? Wilkie provides a nuanced appreciation of how those men and women who breed, rear, show, fatten, market, medically treat, and slaughter livestock, make sense of their interactions with the animals that constitute the focus of their work lives. Using a sociologically informed perspective, Wilkie explores their attitudes and behaviors to explain how agricultural workers think, feel, and relate to food animals. Livestock/Deadstock looks at both people and animals in the division of labor and shows how commercial and hobby productive contexts provide male and female handlers with varying opportunities to bond with and/or distance themselves from livestock.Exploring the experiences of stockpeople, hobby farmers, auction workers, vets and slaughterers, she offers timely insight into the multifaceted, gendered, and contradictory nature of human roles in food animal production. ... Read more

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Animal Science is designed for post-secondary students in an introductory animal science course. The text prepares students majoring in animal science for more advanced and specialized courses. It also provides other readers with a comprehensive overview of livestock production. Terminology is defined and an extensive glossary is provided. The text is extensively illustrated with photographs, line drawings, charts and tables to expand and illuminate the material. A section of color photographs may be used for breed identification. It is based on the most up-to-date information available and is applicable to all areas of the United States. ALSO AVAILABLE -- INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS:Instructor's Manual (ISBN# 0-8273-7780-0), Lab Manual Instructor's Manual (ISBN# 0-8273-8118-2), and Anatomy & Physiology Lab Instructor's Manual (ISBN# 0-7668-0191-8). Call Customer Support to Order. ... Read more

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Great!
The given description of the product was very exact. I got exactly what I expected ... Read more

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* Only reader of its kind in this field, edited by the world’s leading expert on sustainable agriculture
* Maps out the complex subject area of sustainable agriculture; introduces and explains key hard-to-find literature
* Highly accessible--the essential student reference text

Our agricultural and food systems are not meeting everyone’s needs, and despite great progress in increasing productivity over the past century, hundreds of millions of people remain hungry and malnourished. This book describes a different form of agriculture: one founded more on ecological principles and which is also more harmonious with people, their societies, and cultures. The latest in the Earthscan Reader Series, this volume brings together the most influential scholarship in the field, containing both theoretical developments and critical appraisals of evidence addressing what is not sustainable about current or past agricultural and food systems, as well as studies of transitions towards agricultural and rural sustainability at farm, community, regional, national, and international levels, and through food supply chains.
Related titles: Agri-Culture * The Living Land * Regenerating Agriculture (all by Jules Pretty) * The Pesticide Detox (edited by Jules Pretty) ... Read more

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