Handbook of Livestock Management - Hardcover

Battaglia, Richard A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0131189336 ISBN 13: 9780131189331

Publisher: Pearson, 2006

Synopsis

For courses in Animal Management.

 

Now in paperback, Handbook of Livestock Management, Fourth Edition, discusses a wide range of species and topics, showing step-by-step how to perform the skills and techniques essential for those in animal management. Taking a hands-on approach, it reflects the author’s authoritative experience and emphasizes how to maintain and maximize an animal’s well-being and productivity. Over 800 illustrations, external parts and skeletal drawings, and new photographs offer readers a close look at each species and each livestock management technique. Chapters on cattle, swine, horses, sheep, goats, poultry, livestock restraint and herd health make this a complete handbook for students of animal science, veterinary science and vocational agriculture. 

 

About this title

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131189336
• ISBN 13: 9780131189331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 656