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Applied animal endocrinology / E. James Squires.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Squires, E. James.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Veterinary endocrinology.
- Livestock--Reproduction.
- Livestock.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, Oxon ; Cambridge, Mass. : CABI Pub., c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The purpose of this book is to explain the role of hormones in improving or monitoring the production, performance, reproduction, behaviour and health of animals. The focus is primarily on commercially important farm animal species.
- Contents:
- Preface; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Hormone and Receptor Structure and Function; 2 Endocrine Methodologies; 3 Manipulation of Growth and Carcass Composition; 4 Endocrine Effects on Animal Products; 5 Endocrine Manipulation of Reproduction; 6 Effects on Animal Behaviour, Health and Welfare; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-90481-3
- 9786611904814
- 0-85199-842-9
- OCLC:
- 476204502
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