- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: CABI (2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0851995942
- ISBN-13: 978-0851995946
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 17.3 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 581 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,190,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The purpose of this book is to explain the role of hormones in improving or monitoring the production, performance, reproduction, behavior and health of animals. The focus is primarily on commercially important farm animal species. The book provides a textbook suitable for advanced students of animal science. Contents include: Horomone and reception structure and function; endocrine methodologies; manipulation of growth and carcass composition; endocrine effects on animal products; manipulation of reproduction and breeding; effects on animal behavior and welfare; and manipulation of health and performance.
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Univ. of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Explains the role of hormones in improving and monitoring the production, performance, reproduction, behavior, and health of animals. Focuses specifically on commercially important farm animals and discusses hormone and receptor structure and function, methods for production, and manipulation of endocrine function. Softcover.
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