Animal agriculture : sustainability, challenges and innovations / edited by Fuller W. Bazer, G. Cliff Lamb, Guoyao Wu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bazer, Fuller Warren, 1938- editor.

Lamb, G. Cliff, editor.

Wu, Guoyao, 1962- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable agriculture.

Livestock--Environmental aspects.

Livestock.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction: significance, challenges and strategies of animal production / Guoyao Wu, Fuller W. Bazer and G. Cliff Lamb.

I: Beef cattle production: 2. Genetics and breeding of beef cattle / Raluca G. Mateescu

3. Physiology and pregnancy of beef cattle / Ky G. Pohler, Gessica A. Franco, Michael F. Smith, et al.

4. Reproductive management of beef cattle / Pedro L.P. Fontes, Nicola Oosthuizen and G. Cliff Lamb

5. Nutrition, feeding and management of beef cattle in intensive and extensive production systems / Tim A. McAllister, Kim Stanford, Gabriel Ribeiro, et al.

II: Lactation and management of dairy cattle: 6. Genetics and genomics of dairy cattle / Francisco Peñagaricano

7. Physiology of lactation in dairy cattle : challenges to sustainable production / Geoffrey E. Dahl

8. Reproductive management of dairy cattle / William W. Thatcher and José E.P. Santos

9. Nutrition and feeding of dairy cattle / Peter S. Erickson and Kenneth F. Kalscheur.

III: Sheep and goat production: 10. Genetics and breeding of sheep and goats / Elisha Gootwine

11. Reproductive physiology of sheep (Ovis aries) and goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) / Fuller W. Bazer

12. Reproductive management of sheep and goats / Reid Redden and Jacob W. Thorne

13. Sustainable sheep and goat production through strategic nutritional management and advanced technologies / Susan A. McCoard, David R. Stevens and Travis R. Whitney.

IV: Swine production: 14. Modern genetic and genomic improvement of the pig / Benny E. Mote and Max F. Rothschild

15. Reproductive physiology of swine / Rodney D. Geisert, Peter Sutvosky, Ashley E. Meyer, et al.

16. Reproductive management of swine / William L. Flowers

17. Nutrition and feeding of swine / Hayford Manu and Samuel K. Baidoo.

V: Poultry production: 18. Poultry genetics and breeding / Giridhar Athrey

19. Reproductive physiology of poultry / Claire S. Stephens and Patricia A. Johnson

20. Reproductive management of poultry / Colin G. Scanes, Leasea D. Butler and Michael T. Kidd

21. Precision poultry nutrition and feed formulation / Christopher A. Bailey.

VI: Biotechnologies and others in animal production: 22. Muscle biology and meat quality : challenges, innovations, and sustainability / Stephen B. Smith

23. Genetic imporvement of livestock, from conventional breeding to biotechnological approaches / Blythe Schultz, Nick Serão and Jason W. Ross

24. Fermentation techniques in feed production / Zhaolai Dai, Lu Cui, Guoyao Wu, et al.

25. Mathematical modeling in animal production / Luis Orlindo Tedeschi and Hector Manuel Menendez

26. Manure treatment and utilization in production systems / Zong Liu and Xiao Wang.

VII: Management of animal diseases in livestock and poultry production: 27. Management of metabolic disorders (including metabolic diseases) in ruminiant and nonruminant animals / Guoyao Wu

28. Management of pathogens in cattle / Kevin E. Washburn

29. Management of pathogens in swine / Brandon J. Dominguez

30. Management of pathogens in poultry / Zutao Zhou, Bang Shen and Dingren Bi.

Notes:

Includes index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: ANIMAL AGRICULTURE.

ISBN:

9780128170533

0128170530

0128170522

9780128170526

OCLC:

1137795758

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