TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yeates,N.T.M.
AU  - Edey,T.N.
AU  - Hill,M.K.
TI  - Animal Science: Reproduction, Climate, Meat, Wool
SN  - 9781483157078
AV  - SF61 -- .Y4 1975eb 
PY  - 1975///
CY  - San Diego
PB  - Elsevier Science & Technology
KW  - Livestock
KW  - Livestock -- Australia
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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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