Scanes, Colin G.,

Biology of Domestic Animals / Colin G. Scanes. - First edition. - 1 online resource (370 pages)

part, Domestic Animals as Comparative Models to Humans -- chapter 1 Equine Exercise Physiology: A Historical Perspective / chapter 2 The Pig Model for the Study of Obesity and Associated Metabolic Diseases / chapter 3 Growth Hormone and the Chick Eye / chapter 4 Porosome Enables the Establishment of Fusion Pore at its base and the Consequent Kiss-and-Run Mechanism of Secretion from Cells / part, Molecular Regulation of Growth/Metabolic Efficiency -- chapter 5 Epigenetics and Developmental Programming in Ruminants: Long-Term Impacts on Growth and Development / chapter 6 Molecular Physiology of Feed Efficiency in Beef Cattle / chapter 7 Hormonal Control of Energy Substrate Utilization and Energy Metabolism in Domestic Animals / part, Reproduction -- chapter 8 Reproduction in Poultry / part, Animal Stress and Welfare -- chapter 9 Effects of Stress on Growth and Development: From Domestication to Factory Farming / chapter 10 Biology of Stress in Livestock and Poultry / part, Future Directions -- chapter 11 Nutrient Transporter GeneExpression in Poultry, Livestock and Fish / chapter 12 Novel Peptides in Poultry: A Case Study of the Expanding Glucagon Peptide Superfamily in Chickens (Gallus gallus) / Kenneth H. McKeever -- Kolapo M. Ajuwon -- Steve Harvey Carlos G. Martinez-Moreno -- Bhanu P. Jena -- Lawrence P. Reynolds Alison K. Ward Joel S. Caton -- Claire Fitzsimons Mark McGee Kate Keogh Sinéad M. Waters David A. Kenny -- Colin G. Scanes Rodney A. Hill -- Murray R. Bakst -- W.M. Rauw L. Gomez Raya -- Colin G. Scanes Yvonne Vizzier-Thaxton Karen Christensen -- Eric A. Wong Elizabeth R. Gilbert Katarzyna B. Miska -- Yajun Wang.

"This book focuses on topics such as domestic animals as comparative models to humans, molecular regulation of growth, metabolic efficiency, reproduction, and the impact of stress on growth and development. The book concludes with a discussion on the current and future directions for researchers."--Provided by publisher.

9781315152080 9781351638593

10.1201/9781315152080 doi


Domestic animals--Growth.
Domestic animals.
Veterinary medicine.
Veterinary physiology.
Agriculture
Developmental Biology
Zoology
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Developmental Biology
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General

SF768 / .S336 2017

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