Acidifiers In Animal Nutrition

£25.00

This book provides an overview on the use of acidifiers in animal nutrition & their beneficial effects on livestock and aquaculture. It contains a compilation of papers from research institutes and the industry worldwide related to that topic. The editor and authors who contributed to this book hope that further scientific development in this area will boost discussions on future research, leading to more in-depth knowledge on the mode of action and benefits of acidifiers in animal nutrition.

Advances In Equine Nutrition

£25.00

A compilation of papers from past KER conferences. Covering a broad range of topics and containing a wealth of information related to equine nutrition, veterinary medicine and exercise physiology. Included is a mixture of original research and review material as well as a great deal of practical information about how to feed and manage all types of horses. This fully indexed text should prove to be an essential reference for anyone interested in the latest developments in equine nutrition.

Advances In Equine Nutrition - Vol 4

£65.00

A new volume in this ever-popular series from Kentucky Equine Nutrition covering topics relating to nutrition, veterinary medicine and exercise physiology.

Advances In Equine Nutrition - Volume 2

£30.00

A collection of research and review papers presented at KER conferences featuring international authorities on equine nutrition, sports medicine and veterinary topics. They have refined nutritional requirements of horses, and discovered ways to effectively deliver nutrients for horses in all athletic endeavors, to achieve optimal growth in young horses, and to ensure nutrient requirements are being fulfilled in reproductively active horses.

Advances In Equine Nutrition - Volume 3

£45.00

A collection of research and review papers presented at KER conferences featuring international authorities on equine nutrition, sports medicine and veterinary topics. They have refined nutritional requirements of horses, and discovered ways to effectively deliver nutrients for horses in all athletic endeavors, to achieve optimal growth in young horses, and to ensure nutrient requirements are being fulfilled in reproductively active horses.

Alcohol Textbook - 4th Edition

£65.00

The substantially revised and updated version of this bestseller makes useful and vital information generally accessible for all sectors of the alcohol production industry. Alcohol production blends chemical engineering, microbiology, botany, biochemistry and art. The Alcohol Textbook's objective is to show how these disciplines are interwoven, providing a valuable reference source for the beverage, fuel and industrial alcohol industries.

Anatomical Terms And What They Mean

£16.50

Nowadays, medical, dental and science undergraduates in English-speaking countries lack the basics in Latin and Greek - the languages from which all anatomical terms derive. The glossary presented in this book takes the word-root of key anatomical terms, explains their meanings and gives examples of their use in anatomical and other contexts, including everyday English usage.

Anatomists And Eponyms: An Illustrated History Of Anatomy

£41.50

The medical curriculum teaches the barest essentials of human anatomy. The policy of eliminating all eponyms from the anatomical nomenclature is depriving both students and teachers of the incentive to learn the history of the great anatomist or physician who discovered the structure associated with his or her name. This book aims to address this.

Anthraquinones In Plants: Source, Safety And Applications In Gastrointestinal Health

£30.00

This book puts together a survey of all facets of the use of anthranoids responsible for the laxative effect of herbs. The most recent data concerning their botanical, chemical and analytical aspects are discussed.

Appliance Of Pig Science

£9.50

This volume discusses how the pig industry, as a whole, can close the loop and meet the needs of today's researcher, processor, producer and consumer. Views are presented on five key areas of debate: Science into practice; Who matters? The changing market; A return to competitiveness; Dealing with the inevitable; Innovation and inspiration. Also included is a chapter on the nutritional control of Salmonella (workshop) together with the posters that were presented at the meeting.

Applied Nutrition For Young Pigs

£70.00

This book explains how to provide accurate nutrition to young pigs under commercial conditions, in order to achieve maximum growth performance at minimal cost. It includes coverage of nutritional physiology, nutrient requirements and idiosyncrasies, ingredients and diets, feed programs and management systems.

Applying Equine Science

£39.50

The result of collaboration between equine scientists and industry figures, to bridge the gap between data collection and its application within an increasingly discerning marketplace. Indeed, many companies in the equine sector now appreciate the relationship between product success and well conducted independent research. This volume fosters the afore mentioned linkage, by providing the reader with a unique blend of emerging equine science, and cutting edge industry perspectives.

Avian Gut Function In Health And Disease

£70.00

Derived from the 28th Poultry Science Symposium of the World's Poultry Science Association (UK), this book focuses on the current interest of the phasing out of antibiotic use in poultry and covers in-depth interactions between the bird, its diet and potential pathogens. It also demonstrates the understanding of the gut health in the 21st century of commercial poultry and flocks and the ultimate safety of poultry product in the human food chain.

Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering Reviews - Vol 25

£75.00

A well-established hardcover review series with one new volume published each year. Each volume contains approximately 15 original, major review articles covering important developments in industrial, agricultural, and medical applications of biotechnology (wide sense), with particular emphasis on the genetic manipulation of the organisms concerned.

Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering Reviews - Vol 27

£75.00

A well-established hardcover review series with one new volume published each year. Each volume contains approximately 15 original, major review articles covering important developments in industrial, agricultural, and medical applications of biotechnology (wide sense), with particular emphasis on the genetic manipulation of the organisms concerned.

Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering Reviews - Volume 24

£75.00

A well-established hardcover review series with one new volume published each year. Each volume contains approximately 15 original, major review articles covering important developments in industrial, agricultural, and medical applications of biotechnology (wide sense), with particular emphasis on the genetic manipulation of the organisms concerned.

Biotechnology And Genetic Engineering Reviews - Vol 26

£75.00

A well-established hardcover review series with one new volume published each year. Each volume contains approximately 15 original, major review articles covering important developments in industrial, agricultural, and medical applications of biotechnology (wide sense), with particular emphasis on the genetic manipulation of the organisms concerned.

Bovine Meat Inspection - 2nd Edition

£40.00

An updated and improved edition of the popular Bovine Meat Inspection series. The full colour photos make these invaluable tools for those whom knowledge of anatomy, diseases and other conditions is required.

Bovine Meat Inspection: Anatomy, Physiology And Disease Conditions

£30.00

Primarily designed as a sourcebook and revision guide for students undertaking examinations in red meat inspection, or other courses in which knowledge of bovine anatomy, diseases and conditions is required, this book will also be a valuable reference for qualified Official Veterinary Surgeons and Meat Inspectors within an abattoir.

Broiler Breeder Production - Digital Reprint

£25.00

** This is a digital reprint of a book originally published in 2000** Specialists and managers in the broiler breeder industry will welcome this comprehensive review of all aspects of commercial production systems. Most current poultry production publications pay little attention to broiler breeders, and what data is covered is of little relevance to the modern industry.

Calf & Heifer Rearing: Principles Of Rearing The Modern Dairy Heifer From Calf To Calving

£70.00

This volume considers every aspect of calf rearing, from physiological principles to practical systems. Topics include physiology of growth and digestion, nutrient requirements, health and welfare, and lifetime performance. More than half the authors are from outside the UK and all are acknowledged as international experts in their field. This book is aimed at technical advisers, researchers, extension workers, veterinary practitioners, progressive farmers, academics and students.

Cattle Lameness And Hoofcare: An Illustrated Guide

£18.50

Cattle lameness and overgrown feet are major economic and welfare problems. This book gives the reader a thorough understanding of the structure of the foot, what happens during overgrowth and how this is corrected by foot trimming. Illustrated by detailed drawings and colour photographs.

Clinical Examination Of Sheep And Their Environment *IN SPANISH*

£82.00

Editorial Servet publishes a unique work on clinical examination devoted solely to sheep. This manual arises from the clinical vocation of its authors and is the fruit of the experience accrued over many years of work devoted to sheep practice, teaching and research. In this work the importance of certain environmental factors on diagnosis is highlighted for the first time.

Clinical Handbook Of Chinese Veterinary Herbal Medicine

£20.00

This is a valuable resource for the application of Chinese herbs in the Western veterinary clinic, and only the second book of Chinese veterinary herbal medicine written in the English language.

Commercial Poultry Nutrition - 3

£40.00

Poultry meat is usually the least expensive meat source in most countries and consequently it is the first or second in per capita consumption. Eggs are also relatively inexpensive sources of highly digestible protein and energy. Therefore it is not surprising that over the last 50 years there has been an enormous increase in poultry meat and egg production worldwide.

Complexity & Medicine - The elephant in the waiting room

£20.00

This book aims to help the reader understand the difference between Linear Science and Complexity Theory, and how medicine has failed to apply the latter. It recognises the advantages of using this understanding to genereate realistic hypotheses for cause of disease.

Control Of Pig Reproduction VII (SRF 62)

£45.00

As a continuation of the earlier volumes in this series, the proceedings of the Seventh International Conference provide an authoritative and up to date source of information on research in pig reproduction. This will be an invaluable resource for students, teachers, veterinarians, consultants and technologists with an interest in all aspects of pig reproduction.

Control Of Pig Reproduction VIII

£75.00

As a continuation of the earlier volumes in this series, the proceedings of the 8th Conference provide an authoritative and up to date source of information on research in pig reproduction. This will be an invaluable resource for students, teachers, veterinarians, consultants and technologists with an interest in all aspects of pig reproduction.

Co-product Feeds

£45.00

Large volumes of co-product feeds are produced in British food and drink factories. Sometimes referred to erroneously as processing wastes, these feeds have the same provenance as the principal products of such enterprises, being derived from the same raw materials and subjected to the same safety checks. Here, each co-product feed is described in words and figures, allowing the reader to distinguish between grains and supergrains, peeled potato and potato peel, steep liquor and spent wash.

Crop Nutrition Directory

£35.00

This will help to diagnose and treat macro and micro nutrient deficiencies in mainstream cropping areas. Crops covered include barley, sugar beet, carrots and lupins; nutrients covered include nitrogen, potash, magnesium and zinc. It has been designed to help find the information required in seconds. Each product is laid out on a separate page in full colour. Products are grouped in categories defined by a colour coding and the A_Z reference system makes finding information easy.

Dairying: Using Science To Meet Consumers Needs

£9.50

Dairying once again finds itself at a crossroads. Increasingly, producers and scientists need to harness their knowledge and expertise to meet consumers’ demands for quality milk and milk products.

Diet, Lipoproteins & Coronary Heart Disease

£25.00

This is the first textbook to consider the medical, nutritional and cellular aspects of atherosclerotic coronary heart disease from a biochemical standpoint - a field in which scientists are frequently charged with changing their minds or giving conflicting views. The primary aim is to provide a balanced and unbiased account of the role of diet in atherogenesis and how it may be manipulated to aid prevention and or regression of the disease.

Distilled Spirits - Production, Technology And Innovation

£55.00

The source material for this book originated at the Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference - 2005. At that event, organised by the Scottish Section of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling, a group of over 250 distillers from around the world gathered to share knowledge under the theme of Production, Technology and Innovation - Meeting the Challenges of Tomorrow.

Distilled Spirits: New Horizons

£55.00

The source material for this book originated at the Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference - 2008. At that event, organised by the Scottish Section of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling, a group of distillers from around the world gathered to share knowledge under the theme of New Horizons: Energy, Environment and Enlightenment.

Distilled Spirits: Tradition And Innovation

£15.00

Production of distilled spirits throughout the world is a remarkable balance between tradition and innovation. The traditions that have led to the production of high quality spirits are described. However, there has been continued change in the agriculture that provides the raw materials for spirit production, and the importance of the continuity of supply of high quality raw materials is discussed.

Emerging Equine Science

£10.50

The importance of the equine industry to the rural economy is now beginning to be recognised. Because the horse is not treated as an agricultural animal, little money has been put into research. Nevertheless, many organizations have been increasing research activities, and this book pulls together the results of recent thinking.

Exploring Avenues To Interdisciplinary Research

£17.50

This edited work presents a collection of chapters on a range of key areas in multi- and interdisciplinary research. They represent some of the current thinking and practice of interdisciplinary research, and are an outcome of the 1st Cross-Disciplinary Research Conference held at the University of Nottingham.

Farm Animal Genetic Resources

£10.00

This book provides an overview of developments in the conservation and sustainable utilisation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources. It is based on presentations given at a conference on this subject co-organised by the British Society of Animal Science, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Rare Breeds Survival Trust and the Sheep Trust.

Farriery: The Whole Horse Concept

£35.00

This book has been written to appeal to all relevant audiences, i.e. in the tack-room, the forge and the surgery. It is easy to read and understand and above all, the book is informative and thought provoking. ..The gulf of understanding between owner, farrier and veterinary surgeon is bridged, by bringing together all interested parties to share a common pool of knowledge and understanding of natural biomechanics, technique and systems practiced.

Feed Into Milk

£9.00

This manual explains the background and principles involved in deriving the FiM system and provides the rationale and the equations for the prediction of intake and the calculation of the requirements and supply of energy and protein. In addition the manual recognizes that an applied feeding system is only part of the process of diet formulation and provides a series of decision support systems (DSS) to assist in building rations for dairy cows.

Feeding The Dairy Cow

£23.95

Comprehensive and best selling guide for farmers and advisers who wish to become more adept at solving nutritional problems and at devising improved diets for efficient milk production. Included is diet formulation computer program.

Feeds Directory: Branded Products

£35.00

The FEEDS Directory Branded Products Guide is designed to help find information required in seconds. Each product is laid out on a separate page in full. Products are grouped into categories defined by a colour coded reference system, while simple icons are used to depict the products suitability for sheep, cattle, pigs, poultry, equine, pets, fish and for use as a feed raw material on farm. A comprehensive analysis is supplied with an easy to use pie chart illustrating the key nutrients.

Feeds Directory: Commodity Products

£35.00

The FEEDS Directory has been designed to help find the information required in seconds. Each product is laid out on a separate page in full. Products are grouped into categories defined by a colour coded reference system, while simple icons are used to depict the products suitability for sheep, cattle, pigs poultry and for use as a feed raw material on farm. A comprehensive analysis is supplied together with an easy to use pie chart illustrating the key nutrients.

Fertiliser Directory: Materials Guide

£35.00

Effective fertiliser use is a key to farm profits, and about half the output of crops and intensively managed grassland is generated by fertiliser application. Despite this, the general knowledge of fertilisers and the nutrient sources they contain is sometimes less good than it should be. Over 70 fertiliser materials are featured here, ranging from ammonium nitrate to zinc sulphate.

Forages And Protein Crop Directory

£35.00

The easy-to-use FORAGES and PROTEIN CROPS directory has been designed to help you find the information you require in seconds. Each product is laid out on separate pages in full colour using a common style throughout. Products are grouped into categories defined by colour coding and the A-Z reference system makes finding information easy.

Gamete Biology (SRF 63)

£75.00

In recent years, an impressive progress has been made in our understanding of the developmental processes involved in the formation of the spermatozoa and egg in various species. Interestingly, using stem cell biology, researchers have created both male and female gametes from totipotent cells. Further, progress has been made in our understanding of cellular and molecular basis of the sperm-egg interaction leading to fertilization.

Garth Pig Stockmanship Standards

£7.95

This book is a compilation of the Garth Veterinary Groups stockmanship standards put together by John Carr. There are 9 sections detailing various standards and useful information for the stockman. The nine sections are: Targets, Medicines, General Information, Nutrition and Feed, Water, Air, Flooring, Breeding, and Miscellaneous.

Great Wealth, Poor Health: Contemporary issues in eating and living

£25.00

The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to many of the current issues that relate to the environment, nutrition, food, wellbeing and health in our society. It highlights the role of wealth and "affluenza" leading to substantial waste and some unfortunate changes in our eating habits. The food industry has had a role in these changes. The book details simple guidelines that lead to a healthy lifestyle, and what we should avoid and what we should embrace in everyday living and eating. Should there be a tax on some undesirable foods and this used to subsidise healthy foods?

Growth Of Farm Animals

£29.50

An understanding of the processes that change the shape and composition of farm animals is fundamental to all aspects of production. The book provides a comprehensive picture of how animals grow, change in shape and in composition, and of the factors which affect growth processes and dictate the extent and direction of changes within the animal.

Gut Environment Of Pigs

£35.00

This book brings together in one volume recent knowledge of mechanisms which determines the ability of the gastrointestinal tract to withstand damage that potentially may be aimed against it. Also, the use of feed additives and probiotics as alternatives to antibiotics as growth promoters, safety aspects on non-use of antibiotics, as well as the current status of the use of antibiotics and probiotics in the EU is discussed.