Introduction to Animal Science : Global, Biological, Social, and Industry Perspectives

by Damron, W. Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780130449979
• ISBN10: 0130449970
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Unique in focus and cutting-edge in content, this lavishly illustrated introduction to animal science covers the full range of topics—traditional and non-traditional—that reflect the way agriculture is changing today. By exploring animal science from a variety of integrated perspectives—biological, species, industry, society, and global—it reveals the dynamic nature of animal science and the many ways in which it is a piece of a much larger whole of agriculture and agriculture within society (e.g., how animals fit into all of society and how animals contribute to the well-being of man from a worldwide perspective). The Value of Animals to Mankind. Factors Affecting World Agricultural Structure. Worldwide Systems of Agricultural Production. Introduction to Nutrition. The Gastrointestinal Tract and Nutrition. Feedstuffs Classification. Genetics. Animal Breeding. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. Animal Reproduction. Lactation. Animal Behavior. Animal Health. Vertical Integration: Beef, Pork and Poultry. Beef Cattle. Dairy Cattle. Poultry. Swine. Sheep and Goats. Horses. Aquaculture. Pet and Companion Animals. Llamoids. Rabbits. Careers and Career Preparation in Animal Science. Animals as Consumers of Grain: Asset or Liability? Food Safety and Consumer Concerns. Animal Welfare and Animal Rights. Animals in Sustainable Agriculture.

Table of Contents

PART I THE PLACE OF ANIMALS AND ANIMAL SCIENCE IN THE LIVES OF HUMANS
Introduction to the Animal Sciences	3	(14)
The Value of Animals to Mankind	17	(19)
Factors Affecting World Agricultural Structure	36	(20)
Worldwide Systems of Agricultural Production	56	(15)
PART II THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
Introduction to Nutrition	71	(24)
The Gastrointestinal Tract and Nutrition	95	(19)
Feedstuffs Classification	114	(20)
Genetics	134	(23)
Animal Breeding	157	(37)
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering	194	(19)
Animal Reproduction	213	(25)
Lactation	238	(11)
Animal Behavior	249	(25)
Animal Health	274	(23)
PART III THE ANIMAL INDUSTRIES
Vertical Integration Comparison: Beef, Pork, and Poultry	297	(14)
Beef Cattle	311	(39)
Dairy Cattle	350	(43)
Poultry	393	(42)
Swine	435	(38)
Sheep and Goats	473	(42)
Horses	515	(42)
Aquaculture	557	(40)
Pet and Companion Animals	597	(40)
Lamoids	637	(26)
Rabbits	663	(22)
PART IV ANIMALS AND SOCIETY
Careers and Career Preparation in the Animal Sciences	685	(18)
Animals As Consumers of Grain: Asset or Liability?	703	(11)
``Food Safety and Consumer Concerns''	714	(25)
Animal Welfare and Animal Rights	739	(19)
Animals in Sustainable Agriculture	758