Stud Managers' Handbook, Vol. 18

ISBN-13: 9780367304492 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 416 str.

Frank H. Baker

Opis

This handbook includes papers on anatomy and physiology; reproduction; behaviour, animal welfare; feeds and nutrition; health, diseases, and parasites; buildings, equipment, animal management; marketing and economics, business management, computer use in animal enterprises; and production systems.

Spis treści

A Winrock International Project -- Preface -- The Horse Industry and Its Heritage -- Centaurs, Cavalry, and Cowboys -- A National View of Horse Programs -- Present Day Usage and Future Opportunities for Draft Horses and Mules -- General Concepts Affecting Agriculture and the Industry -- Foundation of Civilization: Food -- World Livestock Feed Relationships: Their Meaning to U.S. Agriculture -- Political Challenges for Today's Animal Agriculture -- Regulation of Agricultural Chemicals, Growth Promotants, and Feed Additives -- World Agriculture in Hostile and Benign Climatic Settings -- The Impacts of Climatic Variabilities on Livestock Production -- Genetics and Selection -- Genetic Improvements in Horses -- Genetics of the Performance Horse -- Conformation and Structure: A Basis for Selection in Horses -- Anatomy, Physiology, and Reproduction -- Similar Anatomical and Developmental Characteristics of Sheep, Cattle, and Horses -- Hormonal Regulation of the Estrous Cycle -- Prostaglandin F2 Alpha -- Analysis of Reproductive Patterns in Mares by Radio Telemetry and Estroprobe -- Influence of Body Condition on Reproductive Performance of Mares -- Stallion Management and Semen Handling -- Behavior and Training -- Expressions of the Horse -- Body English -- Breaking without Force -- Social Hierarchy -- Learning Ability: The Limiting Factor in Horse Training -- Animal Psychology, Environment, and Welfare -- Livestock Psychology and Handling-Facility Design -- Measuring an Animal's Environment -- Measuring Environment Stress in Farm Animals -- Animal Welfare: An International PERSPECTIVE -- Feeds and Nutrition -- Nutrient Requirements and Sample Rations for Horses -- Feeding Mares for Maximum Reproduction Efficiency -- Feeding Growing Horses for Soundness -- Feedstuff Evaluation and Nutrient Value for Horses -- Protein Supplements for Lactating Mares and Effects on Foal Growth -- Quality and Quantity Control in Horse Feeding -- Feeding Management of the Horse -- Pasture, Forage, and Range -- Understanding Range Condition for Profitable Ranching -- Range Improvement Practices and Comparative Economics -- What Type of Grazing System for My Ranch . . .? -- Determining Carrying Capacity on Rangeland to Set Stocking Rates That Will Be Most Productive -- Health, Disease, and Parasites -- Infectious Livestock Diseases: Their Worldwide Toll -- Impact of Animal Diseases in World Trade -- How to Tell Which Is the Lame Leg -- Biology and Control of Insect Pests of Horses -- Equine Health Maintenance Programs -- Marketing, Economics, and Computer Technology -- Official AQHA Records for Marketing -- AGNET: A National Computer System for Cattlemen -- Rancher-Owned Microcomputer Systems: What's Available -- Six Steps for a Cattleman to Take in Buying a Computer -- Direct Delivery of Market Information through Rancher-Owned Microcomputers: A Research Report -- Names and Addresses of the Lecturers and Staff -- Other Winrock International Studies Published by Westview Press -- Other Books of Interest from Winrock International*

O autorze

Frank H. Baker