TUM Library catalog › Details for: Biology of Domestic Animals /

Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Biology of Domestic Animals / Colin G. Scanes.

By: Scanes, Colin G [author.]Contributor(s): Hill, Rodney AMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Taylor and Francis, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (370 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781315152080; 9781351638593Subject(s): Domestic animals -- Growth | Domestic animals | Veterinary medicine | Veterinary physiology | Agriculture | Developmental Biology | Zoology | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Developmental Biology | TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / GeneralAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 636.089266 LOC classification: SF768 | .S336 2017Online resources: Click here to view.

Contents:

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

Scope and content: "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.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings ( 0 )
Title notes

No physical items for this record

"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.