Animal Husbandry

Whether youre running a farm or interested in keeping a few backyard birds, Storeys Guide to Raising Poultry covers everything you need to know to ...

The health and profitability of grass-based livestock begins with the food they eat. In Managing Pasture, author Dale Strickler guides farmers and ...

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...

A much needed examination of contemporary approaches to animal healing in South Africa, and the role of local knowledge. Understanding local knowl...

Over 400 recent finds associated with horses and excavated in London, from the utilitarian to the highly decorated, illustrated and discussed. Wh...

As beef and cattle production progressed in nineteenth-century America, the cow emerged as the nations representative food animal and earned a cult...

Poultry Breeds is a fresh field guide of feathered friends with stunning photos highlighting the beauty and unique attributes of 104 chicken, duck,...

Serious poultry farmers and backyard bird raisers have relied on this best-selling reference for more than 20 years. The fourth edition of Gail Dam...

With the recent decline of the European honey bee, it is more important than ever to encourage the activity of other native pollinators to keep you...

More eggs, less work! And more enjoyment for both the chickens and their keeper! Thats the promise of Frank Hymans Hentopia. From the Vending Machi...

With delightful photographs, Jenna Woginrich chronicles the life journey of three chickens (Amelia, Honey, and Tilda) from fluffy, newly hatched bu...

A captivating, beautifully illustrated memoir of a life in nature, and a testament to the mutual rewards and delights of keeping chickens, by the S...

'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,...

This second edition emphasizes the environmental impact on reproduction, with updated chapters throughout as well as complete new chapters on speci...

Animals are biological transformers of dietary matter and energy to produce high-quality foods and wools for human consumption and use. Mammals, bi...

This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on bone health in poultry.The first chapter reviews the literature on genetic mappin...

This indispensable beekeeping referencepacked with helpful diagrams, color photos, and easy-to-follow yet thorough instructiongently guides you thr...

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...

Nutrition is a very broad discipline, encompassing biochemistry, physiology, endocrinology, immunology, microbiology and pathology. Presenting the ...

India imposes stringent criminal penalties, including life imprisonment in some states, for cow slaughter, based on a Hindu ethic of revering the c...

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

In order to meet increasing global demand for meat and animal by-products increasingly intensive animal production is necessary. Creating a sustain...

This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on best practices for improving the sustainability of dairy production. The first chapter reviews the...

Every hundred years, as the story goes, two angels wonder out loud whether the bees are still swarming. For as long as the bees are swarming, the a...