Animal Breeding

This book provides a broad perspective on understanding bovine fertility, focusing on the classification and interpretation of bovine sperm defects...

Conservation of Marine Birds is the first book to outline and synthesize the myriad of threats faced by one of the most imperiled groups of birds o...

In recent years, there have been significant developments in the way that pigs are bred. This is primarily as a result of a shift in focus from pro...

Coastal Dolphins and Porpoises: Ridgway and Harrison's Handbook of Marine Mammals, Volume One, the first volume in the Coastal Dolphins and Porpois...

Each chapter provides an overview of current knowledge on the topic in question, accompanied by an outline of advances in both scientific and appli...

The complete guide to choosing and caring for your perfect cat breed! From ancient breeds to modern hybrids, there are a wide range of domestic ca...

Intensive animal husbandry and the way in which food is produced have increasingly become the focus of social attention in recent years in view of ...

One of the most remarkable figures in British conservation. Observer Gow reinvents what it means to be a guardian of the countryside. Guardian Co...

A chance to give the priceless blessing of a well-behaved dog! Train that unruly pup to perform tricks, behave impeccably, and become a charming me...

The ongoing development of rapid, non-destructive, and non-invasive techniques for evaluating meat species' body and carcass composition is transfo...

Before crude oil and the combustion engine, the industrialized world relied on a different kind of power - the power of the horse. Horses in Societ...

In the 1970s, scientists claimed that farm animal breeding was finally evolving from an art into a science. In their view, the switch to scientific...

Beekeeping is a popular past time that more and more people are turning to for personal enjoyment, or even small commercial gain. Today you will fi...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON GLOBAL CONSERVATION 'Pilcher is both very funny and very, very clever.' Gillian Burke 'Richly...

For everyone who loves watching Amanda Owen and her family on Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive & The Kids and Our Yorkshire Farm, or enjoys re...

'The shepherdess whose flock you definitely need to follow' - Hello!'A new breed of shepherdess blazing a trail across social media, challenging ou...

Funny, gutsy and heartfelt. Daily MailZoë Colville spent years in a fancy hair salon with a long list of clients, living on cigarettes, croissants,...

Quaggas were beautiful pony-sized zebras in southern Africa that had fewer stripes on their bodies and legs, and a browner body coloration than oth...

Quaggas were beautiful pony-sized zebras in southern Africa that had fewer stripes on their bodies and legs, and a browner body coloration than oth...

Breeding Better Dogs: Genetics and Reproduction delves into the biology of managing reproduction in dogs, from mating to whelping and the first few...

Histopathology Atlas of Acute Radiation Syndrome and Delayed Effects in Rhesus Macaques: Kidney, Lung, Heart, Intestine and Mesenteric Lymph Node p...

Polly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she knows the squirrel on a profoundly personal leve...

Polly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she knows the squirrel on a profoundly personal leve...