Beef cattle production and trade / / editors, David Cottle and Lewis Kahn

• Pubblicazione: Collingwood, Victoria : , : CSIRO Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (583 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.17620099429
• Soggetto topico: Beef industry - Australia; Meat industry and trade - Australia; Beef cattle - Australia; Cattle trade - Australia; Exports - Australia
• Soggetto geografico: Australia Commerce
• Persona (resp. second.): CottleDavid; KahnLewis
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Foreword; Contents; List of contributors; 1 Beef consumption: historical overview, recent trends and contemporary attitudes; 2 Beef processing and carcass and meat quality; 3 Market preparation; 4 World beef production; 5 North American beef production; 6 Brazilian beef production; 7 Chinese and South-East Asian cattle production; 8 Japanese beef production; 9 Northern Australian beef production; 10 The southern Australian beef industry; 11 Australian feedlot industry; 12 Live cattle export industry; 13 Biosecurity and beef cattle health, husbandry and welfare ; 14 Reproductive management of beef cattle15 Grazing and pasture management and utilisation in Australia; 16 Growing and finishing beef cattle at pasture and in feedlots; 17 Genetics and breeding; 18 Production efficiency; 19 Environmental management; 20 Beef business management; 21 Australian beef cattle: case studies; Glossary; Abbreviations; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Beef Cattle Production and Trade covers all aspects of the beef industry from paddock to plate. It is an international text with an emphasis on Australian beef production, written by experts in the field. The book begins with an overview of the historical evolution of world beef consumption and introductory chapters on carcass and meat quality, market preparation and world beef production. North America, Brazil, China, South-East Asia and Japan are discussed in separate chapters, followed by Australian beef production, including feed lotting and live export. The remaining chapters summarise R&
• Titolo autorizzato: Beef cattle production and trade
• ISBN: 0-643-10989-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817916103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II