Production diseases in farm animals. Proceedings of the 12th international conference
Publication details: Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2006Description: 344 pISBN: 9076998574Subject(s): Animal diseases | Animal welfare | Livestock farming | Production diseases | Mastitis | Fatty liver | Intensive dairy farming | Intensive livestock farming | Animal behaviour | Rumen metabolism | Transition cowDDC classification: 636.089639 Summary: Production diseases are those disorders associated with the management and breeding of animals for intense agricultural production. They include not only metabolic and nutritional diseases, but also infectious and genetic disorders for which animals may be at increased risk due to modern agricultural practices. The occurrence of production diseases has relevance not only to production economics, but also to animal welfare, making the study of production disease of continuing importance in the advancement of animal agriculture. Evolving techniques of molecular genetics have helped advance the study of production disease and have lead to exciting advances in this pursuitItem type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Production diseases are those disorders associated with the management and breeding of animals for intense agricultural production. They include not only metabolic and nutritional diseases, but also infectious and genetic disorders for which animals may be at increased risk due to modern agricultural practices. The occurrence of production diseases has relevance not only to production economics, but also to animal welfare, making the study of production disease of continuing importance in the advancement of animal agriculture. Evolving techniques of molecular genetics have helped advance the study of production disease and have lead to exciting advances in this pursuit
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