ilość książek w kategorii: 2092
Sugar Gliders or Sugar Bears: Facts and Information on Sugar Gliders as Pets Including Care, Breeding, Bonding, Food, Diet, Lifespan, Cages, Toys, C
ISBN: 9781910517000 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ultimate and complete owners guide to the sugar glider or sugar bear. An absolute must have for anyone who loves, owns or is looking to buy or purchase sugar gliders as pets.
A well structured, in depth and simply written book of facts and information on these cute sugar bears, covering - care, owning, breeding, raising from baby to adult and developing into good pets, diet and food, lifespan, cage details, toys, pouches, accessories, cost and price information, how to find licensed breeders and sugar gliders for sale, sounds and noises, bonding and much more. Guaranteed to answer all... The ultimate and complete owners guide to the sugar glider or sugar bear. An absolute must have for anyone who loves, owns or is looking to buy or pur...
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45,72 zł |
Genomic Selection in Animals
ISBN: 9780470960073 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The field of whole genome selection has quickly developed into the breeding methodology of the future. As efforts to map a wide variety of animal genomes have matured and full animal genomes are now available for many animal scientists and breeders are looking to apply these techniques to livestock production. Providing a comprehensive, forward-looking review of animal genomics, Genomic Selection in Animals provides coverage of genomic selection in a variety of economically important species including cattle, swine, and poultry. The historical foundations of genomic selection... The field of whole genome selection has quickly developed into the breeding methodology of the future. As efforts to map a wide variety of animal g... |
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695,74 zł |
Mucosal Health in Aquaculture
ISBN: 9780124171862 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mucosal Health in Aquaculture is an essential reference on mucosal health for the diverse aquaculture community. Rich in explanatory figures and schematics, the book includes important concepts such as structural and cellular composition of mucosal surfaces in fish and shellfish, known functional roles of molecular and cellular actors during pathogen invasion, impacts of nutrition on the mucosal barriers, impacts of chemical treatments on mucosal surfaces, mucosal vaccines and vaccination strategies, and more. The health of cultured aquaculture species is critical in... Mucosal Health in Aquaculture is an essential reference on mucosal health for the diverse aquaculture community. Rich in explanatory figures... |
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666,25 zł |
Lesser Beasts: A Snout-To-Tail History of the Humble Pig
ISBN: 9780465052745 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unlike other barnyard animals, which pull plows, give eggs or milk, or grow wool, a pig produces only one thing: meat. Incredibly efficient at converting almost any organic matter into nourishing, delectable protein, swine are nothing short of a gastronomic godsendyet their flesh is banned in many cultures, and the animals themselves are maligned as filthy, lazy brutes.
As historian Mark Essig reveals in "Lesser Beasts," swine have such a bad reputation for precisely the same reasons they are so valuable as a source of food: they are intelligent, self-sufficient, and omnivorous. What s... Unlike other barnyard animals, which pull plows, give eggs or milk, or grow wool, a pig produces only one thing: meat. Incredibly efficient at convert...
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116,89 zł |
Environmental Stress and Amelioration in Livestock Production
ISBN: 9783642443459 / Angielski / Miękka / 570 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Given the importance of livestock to the global economy, there is a substantial need for world-class reference material on the sustainable management of livestock in diverse eco-regions. With uncertain climates involving unpredictable extreme events (e.g., heat, drought, infectious disease), environmental stresses are becoming the most crucial factors affecting livestock productivity. By systematically and comprehensively addressing all aspects of environmental stresses and livestock productivity, this volume is a useful tool for understanding the various intricacies of stress physiology....
Given the importance of livestock to the global economy, there is a substantial need for world-class reference material on the sustainable management ...
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776,43 zł |
The Welfare of Performing Animals: A Historical Perspective
ISBN: 9783662458334 / Angielski / Twarda / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This timely book describes and analyses a neglected area of the history of concern for animal welfare, discussing the ends and means of the capture, transport, housing and training of performing animals, as well as the role of pressure groups, politics, the press and vested interests. It examines primary source material of considerable interdisciplinary interest, and addresses the influence of scientific and veterinary opinion and the effectiveness of proposals for supervisory legislation, noting the current international status and characteristics of present-day practice within the... This timely book describes and analyses a neglected area of the history of concern for animal welfare, discussing the ends and means of the capture... |
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388,20 zł |
Basics of ... Farming
ISBN: 9780692361986 / Angielski / Miękka / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This classic work about all aspects of farming has been immensely enhanced by the inclusion of striking pictures and images to explain and amplify the text. The most successful farmers are those who work in harmony with the forces of nature that control the growth and development of plants and animals. These hardscrabble men have gained their knowledge by careful observation, experiment, and doing. This book covers the principles of farming. A number of simple experiments have been added to make the work more interesting to the general reader, and aid the prospective farmer in making simple...
This classic work about all aspects of farming has been immensely enhanced by the inclusion of striking pictures and images to explain and amplify the...
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128,00 zł |
Zebrafish: Methods and Protocols
ISBN: 9781627038997 / Angielski / Miękka / 335 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the last 20 years, research activity using the zebrafish Danio rerio has increased dramatically, due in part to the ease of breeding and raising them, their genetic tractability, embryonic accessibility, and their imaging potential. In Zebrafish: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers provide a collection of experimental techniques for the genetic modification, manipulation, and in vivo live imaging of zebrafish. This volume collects sophisticated and practical techniques, including several not yet widely known, from laboratories around the world. Written in the highly successful...
In the last 20 years, research activity using the zebrafish Danio rerio has increased dramatically, due in part to the ease of breeding and raising th...
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504,67 zł |
Halophytic and Salt-Tolerant Feedstuffs: Impacts on Nutrition, Physiology and Reproduction of Livestock
ISBN: 9781498709200 / Angielski / Twarda / 453 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Naturally occurring salt tolerant and halophytic plants (trees, shrubs, grasses, and forbs) have always been utilized by livestock as a supplement or drought reserve. Salt tolerant forage and fodder crops are now being planted over wide areas. Increasingly, large-scale production of fodder on formerly abandoned irrigated cropland has allowed salt tolerant and halophytic feedstuffs to be mainstreamed into the supply chain for feedlots. Feeding salty feeds to livestock has been evaluated in many countries with good outcomes especially as a way to improve livestock nutrition and... Naturally occurring salt tolerant and halophytic plants (trees, shrubs, grasses, and forbs) have always been utilized by livestock as a supplement ... |
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858,05 zł |
Animal Housing and Human Animal Relations: Politics, Practices and Infrastructures
ISBN: 9781138854116 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an in-depth investigation into the practices of animal housing systems with international contributions from across the humanities and social sciences. By attending to a range of different sites such as the zoo, the laboratory, the farm and the animal shelter, to name a few, the book explores material technologies from the perspective that these are integrated parts of a larger biopolitical infrastructure and questions how animal housing systems, and the physical infrastructures that surround central human-animal practices, come into being. The contributions in the book... This book provides an in-depth investigation into the practices of animal housing systems with international contributions from across the humaniti... |
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656,16 zł |
Remembering Ernie Kuck: Cattleman, Historian, Philanthropist
ISBN: 9781634135122 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Part biography and part regional history, this engaging narrative of one man's complicated life is filled with stories that ought not be forgotten . . . Remembering Ernie Kuck is a great read, good for the soul " Who was Ernie Kuck? A cattleman, a multimillionaire, a man with many facets and few words. Yet Ernie left an indelible mark on the home he loved--The Dalles, Oregon. Ernie experienced ninety-five years of American history watching his small rural town enter the modern era.... "Part biography and part regional history, this engaging narrative of one man's complicated life is filled with stories that ought not be forgotten... |
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71,56 zł |
Aquafeed Formulation
ISBN: 9780128008737 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Aquafeed Formulation is the only resource that provides summaries with examples and formulation techniques specifically to meet the needs of anyone in the aquaculture industry. As feed is the largest single cost item in aquaculture production, and formulating aquaculture feed requires many combinations of several ingredients and nutrient requirements, this book takes a clear-and -concise approach, providing essential information on formulation and covering relevant available software, feed nutrients, and additives such as enzymes and phytase and conjugated fatty acids, as... Aquafeed Formulation is the only resource that provides summaries with examples and formulation techniques specifically to meet the needs o... |
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479,45 zł |
Dogland: A Journey to the Heart of America's Dog Problem
ISBN: 9781618220387 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One woman's journey into the heart of a dog crisis Soon after Jacki Skole brought home an eight-week-old puppy from a New Jersey rescue organization, she wondered how such a young animal could have so many idiosyncrasies-so she set out to find an answer. Dogland, an extraordinary mix of memoir and investigative journalism, follows Skole's journey to trace the origins of her newest family member. Along the way, Skole interviewed dozens who work in the world of animal rescue-from shelter managers to animal rights activists-taking readers from dilapidated county-run shelters in the... One woman's journey into the heart of a dog crisis Soon after Jacki Skole brought home an eight-week-old puppy from a New Jersey rescue organiza... |
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90,70 zł |
Beneficial Microorganisms in Agriculture, Aquaculture and Other Areas
ISBN: 9783319231822 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book focuses on the use of microorganisms in relation to agriculture, aquaculture and related fields, ranging from biofertilizers to poultry production. The latest innovations are also included to provide insights into the unlimited potentials of microorganisms in these areas.
Individual chapters explore topics such as probiotics in poultry, biopurification of wastewater, converting agrowastes into value-added applications and products, rice cultivation, surfactants and bacteriocin as biopreservatives, bioplastics, crop productivity, biofloc, and the production of natural antibiotics.... This book focuses on the use of microorganisms in relation to agriculture, aquaculture and related fields, ranging from biofertilizers to poultry prod...
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388,20 zł |
Pastoralism and Common Pool Resources: Rangeland Co-Management, Property Rights and Access in Mongolia
ISBN: 9781138847484 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The grazing of animals on common land and associated property rights were the original basis of the concept of "the tragedy of the commons." Drawing on the classic work of Elinor Ostrom and the readings of political ecology, this book questions the application of exclusive property rights to mobile pastoralism and rangeland resource governance. It argues that this approach inadequately represents property relations in the context of Mongolian pastoralism. The author presents an in-depth exploration and analysis of mobile pastoral production and resource management in Mongolia. The... The grazing of animals on common land and associated property rights were the original basis of the concept of "the tragedy of the commons." Drawin... |
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731,87 zł |
Real Pigs: Shifting Values in the Field of Local Pork
ISBN: 9780822361572 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In addition to being one of the United States' largest pork producers, North Carolina is home to a developing niche market of pasture-raised pork. In Real Pigs Brad Weiss traces the desire for "authentic" local foods in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina as he follows farmers, butchers, and chefs through the process of breeding, raising, butchering, selling, and preparing pigs raised on pasture for consumption. Drawing on his experience working on Piedmont pig farms and at farmers markets, Weiss explores the history, values, social relations, and practices that drive the...
In addition to being one of the United States' largest pork producers, North Carolina is home to a developing niche market of pasture-raised pork. In ...
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126,14 zł |
Real Pigs: Shifting Values in the Field of Local Pork
ISBN: 9780822361381 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In addition to being one of the United States' largest pork producers, North Carolina is home to a developing niche market of pasture-raised pork. In Real Pigs Brad Weiss traces the desire for "authentic" local foods in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina as he follows farmers, butchers, and chefs through the process of breeding, raising, butchering, selling, and preparing pigs raised on pasture for consumption. Drawing on his experience working on Piedmont pig farms and at farmers markets, Weiss explores the history, values, social relations, and practices that drive the...
In addition to being one of the United States' largest pork producers, North Carolina is home to a developing niche market of pasture-raised pork. In ...
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515,36 zł |
Un-Making Environmental Activism: Towards a Politics Beyond Binaries
ISBN: 9781138652279 / Angielski / Twarda / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There has been an increasing public, and academic, interest in questions of political resistance in the social sciences. Scholarly engagement with such questions too often relies on a taken-for-granted set of theoretical assumptions, grounded in familiar perspectives, against which practices of resistance are then read, and judged, in a binary manner. There is an urgent need for a novel innovative theoretical approach that is able to think outside the box of established academic disciplines and theoretical schools of thought. This book offers this corrective through the lens of... There has been an increasing public, and academic, interest in questions of political resistance in the social sciences. Scholarly engagement with ... |
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656,16 zł |
Rainforest Cowboys: The Rise of Ranching and Cattle Culture in Western Amazonia
ISBN: 9781477310601 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner, Brazil Section Book Award, Latin American Studies Association, 2016 The opening of the Amazon to colonization in the 1970s brought cattle, land conflict, and widespread deforestation. In the remote state of Acre, Brazil, rubber tappers fought against migrant ranchers to preserve the forest they relied on, and in the process, these "forest guardians" showed the world that it was possible to unite forest livelihoods and environmental preservation. Nowadays, many rubber tappers and their children are turning away from the forest-based lifestyle they once sought to protect... Winner, Brazil Section Book Award, Latin American Studies Association, 2016 The opening of the Amazon to colonization in the 1970s bro... |
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85,75 zł |
Current Trends in Wildlife Research
ISBN: 9783319279107 / Angielski / Twarda / 293 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, the first in the "Wildlife Research Monograph" series, defines "wildlife research" in a variety of contexts and reviews recent research trends. The authors present the current developments they have identified using bibliometric analyses of the most common, relevant and emerging topics in wildlife research over the last three decades. Diverse aspects of wildlife research are discussed, including wildlife demography, infections spread between wildlife, livestock and humans, habitat requirements and management, as well as the effects of renewable energy and pollutants on wildlife.... This book, the first in the "Wildlife Research Monograph" series, defines "wildlife research" in a variety of contexts and reviews recent research ... |
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388,20 zł |