Animal Physiology

Updates and standardizes currently used diagnostic procedures for this widespread, economically costly livestock disease. The volume covers research done on improved diagnostic techniques, vaccines, taxonomy, epidemiology, pathology, and basic immunology...

Despite the prevalence of antibiotics, corticosteroids, and anticancer or immunosuppressive drugs and the progress of the medical treatments, there still remain some problems to be solved. One of them is that of compromised hosts, which will be treated in this book...

The unusual life history of the brine shrimp, Artemia, and the relative ease with which it can be experimentally manipulated have long made his crustacean a favorite system for biological studies...

Bioenergetics is an emerging discipline which offers a more profound understanding of the ecology, behaviour, and evolution of wild herbivores...

The reviews in this collection are unique in their intent to provide a basis for understanding of the subject. They include historical, descriptive, and comparative information which is not always presented in state of the science reviews. Cholesterol is viewed in each chapter as part of a system s..

The biology of a wide range of coccidia of numerous genera including Emeria, Isospora, Sarcocystis, Toxoplasma, Caryospora, and Cryptosporidium are presented by this text. It is valuable for advanced undergraduates and above, especially useful for parasitologists teaching the subject and essential f..

Heartworm disease is probably the most well-known disease of dogs, and its epidemiology is being recorded in those countries in which the disease is routinely treated in the domestic dog. This text improves understanding of this disease will to enable resolution some of the exsiting problems associ..

Veterinarians, vet techs, dog breeders, trainers, and show judges will greatly benefit from this canine anatomy coloring atlas. Essential anatomic and physiologic concepts are explained and diseases common to each region are discussed. The 195 black and white line drawings allow readers to color the..

This book covers a wide range of orthopedic and rheumatological problems encountered in equine veterinary practice and is invaluable to professionals in practice as well as veterinary and equine students. The cases are arranged randomly, just as they would be in life, and the self-assessment format ..

By means of superbly illustrated questions and full explanatory answers, book is a comprehensive, enjoyable and easily read source of information on equine reproduction. Over 30 cases concern the use of ultrasound in the management of the broodmare, some 50 cases cover foal care and common medical /..

The rapidly changing context of the modern tourism and hospitality industry, responding to the needs of increasingly demanding consumers, coupled with the fragmenting nature of the marketing and media environment has led to an increased emphasis on communications strategies.How can marketing communi..

This book is a summary of the diversity between and within the classes of animals. It is intended for reference on all aspects of animals that can be studied comparatively. It is in large part a book on invertebrate animals because the vertebrates from only a small part of the diversity of animals...