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Animal Science : Reproduction, Climate, Meat, Wool.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology, 1975Copyright date: ©1975Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (402 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781483157078
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Animal ScienceLOC classification:
  • SF61 -- .Y4 1975eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover -- Animal Science: Reproduction, Climate, Meat, Wool -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- PART ONE: REPRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. The Reproductive Hormones -- NATURE AND ORIGIN OF HORMONES -- FUNCTION OF REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES -- HORMONE ASSAY -- SPECIAL HORMONAL CONDITIONS -- CHAPTER TWO. Female Reproduction and the Breeding Season -- CHAPTER THREE. Semen, Fertilization and Pregnancy -- CHAPTER FOUR. Reduced Fertility -- CHAPTER FIVE. Augmentation of Fertility and Fecundity -- PART TWO. THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE -- CHAPTER SIX. Heat and Cold -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Evaporative Cooling -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Sweating and Sweat Glands -- CHAPTER NINE. The Fleece or Hair-coat Covering -- CHAPTER TEN. Selection of Breeds of Livestock for Hot Climates -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Climate and Reproduction -- PART THREE: MEAT -- CHAPTER TWELVE. The Beef Carcase and its Tissues -- CARCASE TISSUES -- THE MEASUREMENT OF FATNESS -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Definition and Measurement of Meat Quality - Tenderness -- TENDERNESS -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Other Quality Considerations -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Beef Carcase Appraisal and Grading -- COMPETITION JUDGING -- COMMERCIAL GRADING -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Mutton and Lamb -- QUALITY FACTORS -- APPRAISAL METHODS (MUTTON AND LAMB) -- FUTURE PRODUCTION POLICY -- PART FOUR: WOOL -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Biology and Histology of Fibre Growth -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Composition and Properties of Wool -- PHYSICAL PROPERTIES -- CHEMICAL PROPERTIES -- CHAPTER NINETEEN The Definition and Measurement of Wool Quality -- MANUFACTURING PROCESSES -- COMPONENTS OF WOOL QUALITY -- WOOL FAULTS -- THE MEASUREMENT OF WOOL QUALITY -- CHAPTER TWENTY. Quantitative Aspects of Wool Growth -- GENOTYPE -- NUTRITION -- PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE -- AGE -- HEALTH -- SEASON -- THE FUTURE OUTLOOK FOR WOOL -- References -- INDEX.
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Front Cover -- Animal Science: Reproduction, Climate, Meat, Wool -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- PART ONE: REPRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. The Reproductive Hormones -- NATURE AND ORIGIN OF HORMONES -- FUNCTION OF REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES -- HORMONE ASSAY -- SPECIAL HORMONAL CONDITIONS -- CHAPTER TWO. Female Reproduction and the Breeding Season -- CHAPTER THREE. Semen, Fertilization and Pregnancy -- CHAPTER FOUR. Reduced Fertility -- CHAPTER FIVE. Augmentation of Fertility and Fecundity -- PART TWO. THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE -- CHAPTER SIX. Heat and Cold -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Evaporative Cooling -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Sweating and Sweat Glands -- CHAPTER NINE. The Fleece or Hair-coat Covering -- CHAPTER TEN. Selection of Breeds of Livestock for Hot Climates -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Climate and Reproduction -- PART THREE: MEAT -- CHAPTER TWELVE. The Beef Carcase and its Tissues -- CARCASE TISSUES -- THE MEASUREMENT OF FATNESS -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Definition and Measurement of Meat Quality - Tenderness -- TENDERNESS -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Other Quality Considerations -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Beef Carcase Appraisal and Grading -- COMPETITION JUDGING -- COMMERCIAL GRADING -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Mutton and Lamb -- QUALITY FACTORS -- APPRAISAL METHODS (MUTTON AND LAMB) -- FUTURE PRODUCTION POLICY -- PART FOUR: WOOL -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Biology and Histology of Fibre Growth -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Composition and Properties of Wool -- PHYSICAL PROPERTIES -- CHEMICAL PROPERTIES -- CHAPTER NINETEEN The Definition and Measurement of Wool Quality -- MANUFACTURING PROCESSES -- COMPONENTS OF WOOL QUALITY -- WOOL FAULTS -- THE MEASUREMENT OF WOOL QUALITY -- CHAPTER TWENTY. Quantitative Aspects of Wool Growth -- GENOTYPE -- NUTRITION -- PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE -- AGE -- HEALTH -- SEASON -- THE FUTURE OUTLOOK FOR WOOL -- References -- INDEX.

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