This book provides practical veterinary advice for llamas and alpacas. The new edition covers husbandry, nutrition, examination, vaccines, analgesia, anaesthesia, dermatology and poisons, as well as expanding on zoonotic diseases coverage, biosecurity, handling, and advances in treatment options and surgical techniques"--
Many informal organisations around the world are making a positive impact on the environment and their communities by turning waste into a resource, increasing the social capacity of their community and reducing the amount of pollution in their environment. This book describes 19 such programmes from 14 different countries.
Nanotechnology research and its application in agriculture has become a major focus in recent years. This book is essential reading for graduate students, researchers and practitioners involved in the application of nanotechnology in agriculture.
This new volume provides a comprehensive coverage of cytology of all body fluids encountered in dogs and cats. It includes separate chapters for each fluid, from cavitary effusions (pleural, pericardial, and peritoneal) to synovial fluids, tracheal and bronchoalveolar lavages (TWs, BALs), cerebrospinal fluids (CSFs) and urines.
The Apicomplexa is a globally prevalent group of parasitic protozoa that cause disease, from malaria in humans to livestock diseases such as coccidiosis, babesiosis (Red Water, Tick Fever) and East Coast Fever. With significant economic impacts, a number of Apicomplexa are also zoonotic, leading to grave potential public health consequences. Infection prevention efforts by immunization or management of arthropod vector infestation have not bee...
This textbook provides comprehensive coverage of parasites and factors affecting their transmission, diagnosis and control. Covering a wide range of species, it includes methods for effective control such as chemotherapy, nutrition, pasture management, selective breeding, vaccination and more, as well as considering anthelmintic resistance"--
Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM) is one of the most ancient medical doctrines, and is well-documented in terms of information about diseases, diagnoses and treatments, especially by the application of medicinal plants. This book presents the key medicinal plants used in TPM.
This new encyclopedia covers animal nutrition across a wide range of disciplines, including physiology, biochemistry, veterinary medicine and feed technology. It uses a global approach, including ruminants, non-ruminant mammals, fish, birds, farmed invertebrates, dogs, cats, and other companion, laboratory and zoo animals"--
The book addresses the introduction and establishment of sustainable tourism in the Americas. It examines what is really meant by sustainable tourism and relates this to the recent criteria and indicators developed by GSTC and other standards and based on the indicators and observatories work associated with UNWTO.
Bringing together ideas from academia and business, this book covers modern methods of urban pest control, their impacts on human health and the environment, and strategies for integrated management that limits the use of chemicals. It is aimed at researchers and policymakers in pest management, medical entomology and environmental science.
Nutrition plays a critical role in disease management, patient recovery and hospital outcomes, and the veterinary healthcare team must form a source of trusted information for owners. Providing evidence-based theory to help teams implement interprofessional approaches to nutritional care and support, this book ensures the best outcome for pets.
This book focuses on the challenges and successes of rabies control and prevention in Asia. Written by a multidisciplinary group of academics and practitioners, it grounds chapters in solid scientific theory as well as providing numerous examples of lessons learned across countries at different levels of control and elimination.
Vegetable brassicas crops include broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale and Brussel sprouts. This is an update of this popular title in the Crop Production Science in Horticulture series, originally published in 2006.
Covering the fundamental principles of the application of linear models for the prediction of genetic merit in livestock, this new edition incorporates advances in methods of genomic prediction for pure and cross-bred animals. It provides models for the analysis of main production traits and functional traits, and includes numerous worked examples.
Evidence-based and yet very practical, Equine Thermography in Practice discusses how to use the tool in the diagnosis of equine musculoskeletal injuries. It covers what the user can expect to see in normal versus injured horses, and gives guidelines for best practice. The book builds from basics covering the principles of thermography, then reviews its applications in equine veterinary medicine and the role of the technique regarding equestria...
This book is about exercise - what it is, what it does to the individual, how it is measured and most of all what benefits it brings. It reviews interactions between exercise and specific diseases, such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, cancer and many more, before considering exercise in a wider public health context"--