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Wisdom of the Bees: Principles for Biodynamic Beekeeping
ISBN: 9780880107099 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While the benefits of Steiner's research into agriculture and education are increasingly recognized, his research into the nature of bees has had limited impact on beekeeping practices and on our general understanding of nature. Wisdom of the Bees examines Steiner's insights and research into the nature of bees and their implications for the future of beekeeping.
Today, more than eighty years after Rudolf Steiner presented his lectures on bees, we are confronted with a serious decline of honeybees around the world. This fact alone justifies Wisdom of the... While the benefits of Steiner's research into agriculture and education are increasingly recognized, his research into the nature of bees has had limi...
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68,80 zł |
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Wild Rangelands: Conserving Wildlife While Maintaining Livestock in Semi-Arid Ecosystems
ISBN: 9781405177856 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rangeland ecosystems which include unimproved grasslands, shrublands, savannas and semi-deserts, support half of the world's livestock, while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the pressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land use, over-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestock and crops. Leading experts have pooled their experiences from all continents to cover the ecological, sociological, political, veterinary, and economic aspects of rangeland management today. This book provides practitioners...
Rangeland ecosystems which include unimproved grasslands, shrublands, savannas and semi-deserts, support half of the world's livestock, while also pro...
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363,55 zł |
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New Research on Livestock Science & Dairy Farming
ISBN: 9781604565560 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lifestock refers to any animal breed kept by humans for commercial purposes. This book focuses on the effects of certain types of foods, such as prebiotics, on the physiology and performance of animals. Research is included on the digestibility and the nitrogen balance of diets containing different protein sources. A review of the effect of polyphenolics on animal productivity and health is also given, as well as a review of models based on milk fatty acid patterns to predict nutrient supply, methane emission, and metabolic disorders. Related to this, the Greenhouse Gas emissions from a...
Lifestock refers to any animal breed kept by humans for commercial purposes. This book focuses on the effects of certain types of foods, such as prebi...
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584,08 zł |
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Cultivating Arctic Landscapes: Knowing and Managing Animals in the Circumpolar North
ISBN: 9781571815750 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The edited work contains one of the most interesting sets of northern papers to appear in a very long time . . . each paper is excellent . . . this book will hopefully provoke considerable thought. . . . This is a work that should be discussed in terms of the particulars of the various papers, but also for the overview it provides." - Polar Record In the last two decades, there has been an increased awareness of the traditions and issues that link aboriginal people across the circumpolar North. One of the key aspects of the lives of circumpolar peoples, be they in Scandinavia, Alaska,...
"The edited work contains one of the most interesting sets of northern papers to appear in a very long time . . . each paper is excellent . . . this b...
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136,06 zł |
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Phosphorus and Calcium Utilization and Requirements in Farm Animals
ISBN: 9781845936266 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mineral nutrition of livestock is an area of significant importance due to its contribution to farm animal economics and health. With a focus on macromineral utilization in farm animals, this book brings together quantitative aspects of phosphorus and calcium metabolism in farm animals in chapters written by leading researchers worldwide. It covers the isotope dilution technique, phosphorus and calcium utilization in ruminants (sheep, goats and cattle) and non-ruminants (swine, horses), and recommended values of phosphorus and calcium in feed.
Mineral nutrition of livestock is an area of significant importance due to its contribution to farm animal economics and health. With a focus on macro...
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620,52 zł |
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In Vitro Screening of Plant Resources for Extra-Nutritional Attributes in Ruminants: Nuclear and Related Methodologies
ISBN: 9789048132966 / Angielski / Twarda / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The aim of this manual is to provide a comprehensive guide to the methods involved in collecting, preparing and screening plants for bioactive properties for manipulating key ruminal fermentation pathways and against gastrointestinal pathogens. The manual will better equip the reader with methodological approaches to initiate screening programmes to test for bioactivity in native plants and find natural alternatives to chemicals for manipulating ruminal fermentation and gut health. The manual provides isotopic and non-isotopic techniques to efficiently screen plants or plant parts for a... The aim of this manual is to provide a comprehensive guide to the methods involved in collecting, preparing and screening plants for bioactive prop... |
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605,23 zł |
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Range Management: Principles and Practices
ISBN: 9780135014165 / Angielski / Twarda / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. RANGE MANAGEMENT: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES, 6/e is an up-to-date, easy-to-read text bringing together the key principles and practices of contemporary range management, presenting them in logical sequence as concisely and efficiently as possible. The authors introduce the fundamentals of range management using current and relevant scientific studies and practical examples, and illustrating key concepts with pictures, figures, and tables. Grazing management is emphasized, and several other aspects of range management are given comprehensive coverage. In particular, this...
RANGE MANAGEMENT: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES, 6/e is an up-to-date, easy-to-read text bringing together the key principles and p...
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1219,93 zł |
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Just A Couple Of Chickens
ISBN: 9780984361106 / Angielski / Miękka / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Just A Couple of Chickens" is a genuinely enjoyable read. Laugh out loud funny, informative and utterly timely. It is a poignant and very real story of one family's poultry raising adventure during a five-year crucible of economic and identity crisis that took on national relevance when their contracting business collapsed under the first wave of the economic crash in 2008. Their story hits home with heart-breaking reality. While getting a couple of chickens may have been Andrew's idea, Corinne was the one who took it over the top with thirty fluffy pheasant, five and twenty chickens, over...
"Just A Couple of Chickens" is a genuinely enjoyable read. Laugh out loud funny, informative and utterly timely. It is a poignant and very real story ...
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60,00 zł |
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Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory Farms
ISBN: 9780061998454 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Righteous Porkchop is a searing, and utterly convincing, indictment of modern meat production. The book also brims with hope and charts a practical (and even beautiful) path out of the jungle."
--Michael Pollan, author of Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food " A] necessary book--part memoir, part expose...its reasoned case for healthy and humane farming practices has the sweet savor of truth." --O The Oprah Magazine A crusading environmental activist, vegetarian, and lawyer who has worked with Robert Kennedy, Jr. on environment... "Righteous Porkchop is a searing, and utterly convincing, indictment of modern meat production. The book also brims with hope and charts a prac...
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80,22 zł |
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Attracting Native Pollinators: The Xerces Society Guide Protecting North America's Bees and Butterflies
ISBN: 9781603426954 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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 your flowers beautiful and your grains and produce plentiful. In Attracting Native Pollinators, you ll find ideas for building nesting structures and creating a welcoming habitat for an array of diverse pollinators that includes not only bees, but butterflies, moths, and more. Take action and protect North America s food supply for the future, while at the same time enjoying a happily bustling landscape."
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 your f...
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122,26 zł |
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Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks, 2nd Edition: Breeds, Care, Health
ISBN: 9781603426923 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With in-depth information on feeding, housing, behavior, and health care, this comprehensive guide also provides proven strategies for creating a profitable business plan and marketing your products. Whether you're about to acquire your first ducks or are interested in experimenting with rare breeds, Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks will help you achieve your duck-raising goals.
With in-depth information on feeding, housing, behavior, and health care, this comprehensive guide also provides proven strategies for creating a prof...
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76,25 zł |
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Storey's Guide to Raising Meat Goats, 2nd Edition: Managing, Breeding, Marketing
ISBN: 9781603425827 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Discover how raising your own meat goats can be a fun and profitable endeavor. Offering plenty of tips for creating an economically viable operation and identifying niche markets for your products, Storey's Guide to Raising Meat Goats shows you how to care for a thriving and productive herd full of healthy and happy animals.
Discover how raising your own meat goats can be a fun and profitable endeavor. Offering plenty of tips for creating an economically viable operation a...
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76,40 zł |
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Dairy Farming
ISBN: 9781445542010 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text contains in a concise and systematic form the essential facts relating to the science and practice of dairy farming. It embodies the author's twenty years' experience, both as a practical dairyman and as a student and teacher of dairy husbandry. Technical terms have been avoided as far as possible in order that the book may serve as a convenient handbook for farmers not versed in the sciences. The chapters of this book include: 'Dairy Farming a Profitable Business', 'Evolution of the Dairy Cow', 'Selection of Dairy Cows', 'Selection of Dairy Sires', 'Building Up a Dairy Herd',...
This text contains in a concise and systematic form the essential facts relating to the science and practice of dairy farming. It embodies the author'...
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136,94 zł |
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The Cost Manual of Laboratory Animal Care and Use: Refinement, Reduction, and Research
ISBN: 9781439824924 / Angielski / Twarda / 439 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Judge Your Practices Against This Benchmark Manual COST Action B-24 established four working groups to research and discuss issues relevant to laboratory animal science. These included the housing of animals, environmental needs, refinement of procedures, genetically modified animals, and cost-benefit analysis. Based on the groups' findings, The COST Manual of Laboratory Animal Care and Use: Refinement, Reduction, and Research provides a consensual European view of best practices for individuals and institutions caring for and working with... Judge Your Practices Against This Benchmark Manual COST Action B-24 established four working groups to research and discuss... |
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924,88 zł |
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Animal Breeding, Welfare and Society
ISBN: 9781844075898 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author discusses the methods, motivations and consequences of human intervention in animal breeding in terms of what we know about animal behaviour and well-being.
The author discusses the methods, motivations and consequences of human intervention in animal breeding in terms of what we know about animal behaviou...
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194,66 zł |
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Animal Breeding, Welfare and Society
ISBN: 9781844075881 / Angielski / Twarda / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author discusses the methods, motivations and consequences of human intervention in animal breeding in terms of what we know about animal behaviour and well-being.
The author discusses the methods, motivations and consequences of human intervention in animal breeding in terms of what we know about animal behaviou...
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705,83 zł |
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Small Animal Ophthalmology: Self-Assessment Color Review
ISBN: 9781840761450 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides systematic coverage of small animal ophthalmology via randomized self-assessment case presentations: integrated questions, superb illustrations, color photos, imaging, diagrams, tables, and detailed explanatory answers. The authors have emphasize the more common ophthalmic conditions presented to veterinarians in practice with 251 illustrated cases. The differential diagnoses, examination techniques, and therapies for these ocular conditions are discussed within specific cases.
This book provides systematic coverage of small animal ophthalmology via randomized self-assessment case presentations: integrated questions, super... |
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194,66 zł |
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The London Market Gardens - On Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables as Grown for Market
ISBN: 9781446009994 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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128,37 zł |
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Human-Livestock Interactions: The Stockperson and the Productivity of Intensively Farmed Animals
ISBN: 9781845936730 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Human-animal interactions have a profound effect on farm animals and stockpeople alike. Training of stockpeople can improve livestock welfare and in turn productivity, and is a principle area of focus after improvements in genetics, nutrition, reproduction, health and housing have been addressed extensively.
This volume explores new information on human-livestock relationships, their effects on both animals and handlers and the application of this knowledge, particularly in relation to dairy cows, veal calves and poultry. Developments in knowledge of the relationships and their... Human-animal interactions have a profound effect on farm animals and stockpeople alike. Training of stockpeople can improve livestock welfare and in t...
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486,78 zł |
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Beekeeping Equipment
ISBN: 9781904846406 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,49 zł |