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Greater knowledge of lactation allows us to alter environmental, nutritional, and milking procedures, or general management to maximize production. This book, focusing on lactation in farm animals (biology, physiological basis, nutritional…

These notes were originally written in 1976 for the course "Gf 0 - Basic Course in
Geophysics". The course offered an introduction to the different fields covered by the Department of Geophysics: physics of the solid earth, meteorology, hydrology,…

Leptospirosis is a worldwide-distributed, re-emerging zoonosis due to the large variety of wild and domestic animal species that can play the role of natural or accidental host. Currently, specific animal species play an important role as reservoirs…

Ever since the publication of Ancel Keys’ watershed ‘Seven Countries Study’ in 1970, medical thinking has posited a causal link between the intake of animal fats and coronary heart disease. The research of Prof. Harumi Okuyama and his colleagues…

Livestock Health and Farming provides a detailed description of key aspects of livestock health issues and farming practices. Chapters cover such topics as antimicrobial resistance in livestock, nutrition and its role in animal health and farming,…

This open access book summarizes the latest scientific findings regarding the biological effects of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) accident in 2011. Various cases of changes in animals and organisms have been reported since the FNPP…

Ocean coves approximately 70 % of the earth's suface, or 360 million km2. It is estimated to have around 97% of water volume on the earth. It's average depth is about 3,800 m, and 55 % of the planet surface or approximately 77 % of the ocean is deep…

Marine biology is the scientific study of animal and plant life in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water.
Marine biology covers a large array of organism, from microscopic, including most Zooplankton and Phytoplankton to the huge…

This text is designed for a one-semester course at the sophomore to senior level. Some students will have already taken
a college-level biology course with coverage of organismal diversity, and they will benefit greatly. A small number may
even…

The world's ocean cover about 71 percent of the surface of our planet. They are a key component of the global ecosystem and without them life on Earth would not be possible in its present form. The y regulate the climate and are, at the same time,…