Handbook of Livestock Management - Hardcover

Battaglia, Richard A.

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9780130104915: Handbook of Livestock Management

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130104914 ISBN 13: 9780130104915

Publisher: Pearson, 2000

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For courses in Animal Management.

Written by expert animal agriculture producers for animal agriculture producers, this comprehensive text/reference describes in detail the skills and techniques needed by those who manage livestock―with a focus on maintaining and maximizing animal well-being and productivity. Hands-on in approach, it fills the gap between classroom and laboratory―showing step-by-step how to perform the various manipulative skills of the animal agriculturist in a real-world context. Unusually complete in coverage, it presents techniques and discussions for managing all species of animal agriculture including beef cattle, general cattle, sheep, goats, and poultry, from breeding and conception through their complete lifecycle.

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About the Author:

RICHARD A. BATTAGLIA, Professor and Head of the Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow.

Dr. Battaglia was raised in a farm setting (mixed livestock and grain) near Belleville, Illinois. He graduated from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, with a B.S. degree in Animal Industries in 1966. He received the M.S. degree in 1968 and Ph.D. in 1969, both from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. He worked for two years as Animal Scientist (Reproductive Physiologist) at Oklahoma State University; three years as Animal Production Program and Horse Program Coordinator at the University of Minnesota Technical College for Agriculture in Waseca, Minnesota; ten years as an Animal Scientist and Horse Extension Specialist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana; and eight years at South Dakota State University, where he served as Program Leader for Agriculture, Director of Cooperative Extension Service, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, and Development Officer for the University Foundation. In 1991, he joined the College of Agriculture at the University of Idaho as Professor and Head of the Department of Animal and Veterinary Science. He is a member of the American Society of Animal Science, American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists, Equine Nutrition and Physiology Society, and the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture.

From the Back Cover:

Now in its third edition, Handbook of Livestock Management describes in detail the skills and techniques needed by those who manage livestock ― with a focus on maintaining and maximizing animal well-being and productivity. Complete in coverage, it presents techniques and discussions for managing all species of animal agriculture including beef cattle, general cattle, sheep, goats, and poultry, from breeding and conception through their complete life cycle.

Some of the features of the new edition include:

A hands-on approach, filling the gap between classroom and laboratory.
- Shows readers, step-by-step, how to perform the various manipulative skills of the animal agriculturist in a real-world context.
Over 800 detailed illustrations.
- Fully support and enhance the text.
New drugs and new protocols are discussed. Items not approved by the USDA have been deleted.
- Keeps readers informed regarding those drugs most recommended for livestock and those no longer approved.
Table compiling disease and routes of disease entry has been added.
- Offers readers a convenient tool for reference.

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