Animal Husbandry

Practical Sheep Keeping [new paperback edition] explains everything you need to know to manage sheep and keep them healthy. Aimed particularly at ...

**Selected for Doodys Core Titles® 2024 in Veterinary Medicine** Designed for the mixed practice large animal veterinarian, veterinary students, a...

What sets this book apart is its provision of such a comprehensive review of developments in pig nutrition as well as breeding. To do this it bring...

Comprehensive and practical information on all aspects of the goat meat industry.Goat meat is growing in popularity in Australia and is also an imp...

A system for regenerating land, storing carbon, and creating climate resilience The concept of silvopasture challenges our notions of both modern ...

From barnyard to backyard, lowly hens have flown the country coop and joined the city chicken movement. A new generation of small-acreage farmers r...

Good nutrition is essential for a strong and healthy horse. Here are in-depth explorations on the benefits of additives and herbal supplements info...

Horses play a unique role in human activities, for both work and recreation. From the ranch to the racetrack, an understanding of horses'' behaviou...

Small-scale pig keeping is expanding, not only in the countryside but also in urban areas. However, at the outset the prospect of owning pigs can ...

This comprehensive book covers all aspects of sheep health and disease, and sheep husbandry throughout the annual breeding cycle. Through extensiv...

Grazing management might seem simple: just put livestock in a pasture and let them eat their fill. However, as Sarah Flack explains in The Art and ...

The most complete book on urban farming, covering everything from growing organic produce and raising chickens, to running a small farm on a city l...

After attending university for the first time in 1969, Robert Peden spent 25 years shepherding and managing high country sheep stations in the Sout...

This book presents current research in the study of livestock, with a particular focus on livestock rearing, farming practices and associated disea...

Sparks from the Smiddy tells the life story of David Wilson, a sixth generation blacksmith and world champion farrier (a craftsman who trims and sh...

According to the EPA, the release of waste from animal feedlots to surface water, groundwater, soil and air is associated with a range of human hea...