Advances in animal science and zoology. Volume 7 / Owen P. Jenkins, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jenkins, Owen P., editor.

Series:

Advances in Animal Science and Zoology Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zoology--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Summary:

This book focuses on recent advances in animal science and zoology research. In the first chapter, animal science is introduced along with major hurdles related to animal agriculture and then proposes a solution for these grand challenges on a global scale. In the second chapter, the author focuses on canine leptospirosis, a zoonotic disease of worldwide distribution, which affects both humans and animals with humans being an accidental host. The third chapter assesses the outcomes of current research and future directions for improving post-thaw viability of stallion sperm (since the first success of mammalian cell cryopreservation, it has become a major method of cell preservation for both human and veterinary medicine). The fourth chapter focuses on the evaluation of all main hematological, biochemical, and coproparazitologic changes, besides larval designation found within pastures of Dorper breed sheeps and females through peripartum. In the fifth chapter, in the search for new food sources that contribute to the optimization of livestock production, the authors discuss the possibility of using waste from a marine plant commonly found on the Mediterranean coasts. The next two chapters focus on penguin physiology, behavior as well as the identification of viruses capable of infecting both free-living healthy penguins, and the pathogens that may be related to the release of rehabilitated penguins and the implication of these agents in the conservation of the species. The remaining chapters of this book review current knowledge on the intra and inter-species behavior of Turkey vultures; molecular mechanisms operating in the Xenopus osmoregulatory organs and the physiological role of AQPs in Xenopus; and the impact of extended drought on the reproductive cycle of an endangered tropical killifish in the Brazilian semiarid region. The last chapter is a commentary on the the use of field sampling techniques and computerised video tracking in the study of directional grasshopper movement, influenced by climatic stimuli such as temperature, light, wind direction and habitat factors.

Contents:

ADVANCES IN ANIMAL SCIENCE AND ZOOLOGY: VOLUME 7; ADVANCES IN ANIMAL SCIENCE AND ZOOLOGY: VOLUME 7; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: SOLUTIONS FOR GRAND CHALLENGES IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; SOLUTIONS FOR MAJOR CHALLENGES IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURE; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: SEROPREVALENCE OF CANINE LEPTOSPIROSIS IN DOGS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ABSTRACT; CLINICAL SIGNS; STUDIES ON CANINE LEPTOSPIROSIS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES

Chapter 3: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS IN CRYOPRESERVATION OF STALLION SPERMABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES IN STALLION SPERM CRYOPRESERVATION; CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: ANTHELMINTIC AND LABORATORIAL EVALUATION ON SHEEP NATURALLY INFECTED WITH GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIAL AND METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: BACK TO THE SEA: THE USE OF BANQUETTES OF POSIDONIA OCEANICA AS A SOURCE OF FIBER AND MINERALS IN GOAT NUTRITION; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS POSIDONIA OCEANICA?MAIN NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; RECENT STUDIES ABOUT EFFECTS OF P. OCEANICA SUPPLEMENTATION ON GOAT PRODUCTION AND HEALTH; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: EXAMPLES OF FOUR INCOMPLETELY RESOLVED ASPECTS OF THE BIOLOGY OF PENGUINS RELATED TO DIGESTIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY, VISION AND LOCOMOTION; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE FIRST PROBLEM; THE SECOND PROBLEM; THE THIRD PROBLEM; THE FOURTH PROBLEM; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES

Chapter 7: RECENT VIRUS INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN MAGELLANIC PENGUINS (SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS) AND THEIR IDENTIFIED AGENTSABSTRACT; THE MAGELLANIC PENGUIN; MAGELLANIC PENGUIN MIGRATION; AVIPOXVIRUS; POXVIRUS IN MAGELLANIC PENGUINS; PENGUINPOX AS A CONCERN TO MAGELLANIC PENGUIN CONSERVATION; AVIAN HERPESVIRUS; HERPESVIRUS IN SPHENISCUS PENGUINS; HERPESVIRUS IN MAGELLANIC PENGUINS; HERPESVIRUS AS A CONCERN TO MAGELLANIC PENGUIN CONSERVATION; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS IN MAGELLANIC PENGUINS; CORONAVIRUS AS A CONCERN TO MAGELLANIC PENGUIN CONSERVATION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES

Chapter 8: THE ADAPTATION OF THE TURKEY VULTURE (CATHARTES AURA, LINNAEUS 1758) TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES AND ECOLOGIESABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE ZOOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TURKEY VULTURE; AN ANIMAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE TURKEY VULTURE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 9: AQUAPORINS AND WATER HOMEOSTASIS IN XENOPUS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. AQUAPORIN FAMILY; 3. XENOPUS AQPS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 10: IMPACT OF DROUGHT ON REPRODUCTION OF AN ENDANGERED TROPICAL KILLIFISH OF THE BRAZILIAN SEMIARID REGION; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 29, 2016).

ISBN:

1-63483-510-7