Animal Husbandry

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...

A practical, concise and easy-to-consult guide for the differential, clinical, etiological and laboratory diagnosis of the most relevant diseases t...

This Atlas is surely the work with the largest number of photographs of sheep and goats ever published (more than 3,000), which makes it an indispe...

The authors have spent years selecting the more than 450 images of chicken breeds present in the work. With precise information on the body regions...

Provides all you need to know about the safe and humane handling and restraint of animals. Safe Handling and Restraint of Animals takes a holistic ...

Poultry nutrition faces many challenges, including the need to meet the changing requirements of growing birds whilst also avoiding over-nutrition ...

This the story of how, over the course of a year, Alys Fowler, the Guardian gardening writer, learns how to keep bees; and Steve Benbow, the urban ...

Drawing on the authors many years of experience working with farmers and their suckler herds, this book provides a detailed and practical oversight...

Stressing the importance of sustainable and environmentally friendly farming practices, farmer Kelly Klober provides expert advice on making any si...

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...

This book features four peer-reviewed reviews on improving the welfare of growing and finishing pigs.The first chapter begins by defining animal we...

How animal conservation became a defense against cultural erasureChina today positions itself as a model of state-led environmentalism. On the coun...

How animal conservation became a defense against cultural erasureChina today positions itself as a model of state-led environmentalism. On the coun...

A comprehensive gardeners guide to sustainable beekeeping. Beekeeping has changed. While once it was a hobby that pursued the rich rewards of hone...

A beautifully illustrated and thoroughly engaging cultural history of beekeeping - packed with anecdote, humour and enriching historical detail. Th...

It's a great book for any first-time hen-keeper. - YOU magazineKeeping and raising chickens is fun, relaxing, and low maintenance, plus you have th...

Get started raising your own ducks with this approachable guide by duck-fluencer Kristine Ellis (@dunkin.ducks). Raising ducks may seem like all fu...

Driven to the brink of extinction by the maritime fur trade, sea otter recovery is a remarkable success story, one with broad implications to our u...

Welcome to the wonderful world of Skeldale House: the veterinary surgery and bustling waiting room for the locals of Darrowby village and their ani...

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

The rapidly changing nature of animal production systems, especially increasing intensification and globalization, is playing out in complex ways a...

The fifth edition of this important book reviews recent advances in livestock mineral nutrition, updated throughout with new references that reflec...

The global drive towards sustainability and improved animal health means there is a greater need for development of novel functional ingredients fo...

The global drive towards sustainability and improved animal health means there is a greater need for development of novel functional ingredients fo...