Stress and Animal Welfare : Key Issues in the Biology of Humans and Other Animals / / by Donald M. Broom, Ken G. Johnson |
Autore | Broom Donald M |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 230 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 591.5 |
Collana | Animal Welfare |
Soggetto topico |
Physiology
Animal welfare - Moral and ethical aspects Animal migration Biology - Technique Psychobiology Human behavior Bioethics Animal Physiology Animal Ethics Animal Migration Experimental Organisms Behavioral Neuroscience Benestar dels animals Estrès (Psicologia) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-030-32153-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: One welfare, one health, one stress, humans and other animals -- Chapter 2: Adaptation, regulation, sentience and brain control -- Chapter 3: Limits to adaptation -- Chapter 4: Stress and welfare: history and usage of concepts -- Chapter 5: Assessing welfare: short-term responses -- Chapter 6: Assessing welfare: long-term responses -- Chapter 7: Preference studies and welfare -- Chapter 8: Ethics: considering world issues -- Chapter 9: Stress and welfare in the world. |
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Broom Donald M
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Studying Animal Languages Without Translation: An Insight from Ants / / by Zhanna Reznikova |
Autore | Reznikova Zhanna |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VIII, 92 p. 25 illus., 15 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 571.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Animal physiology
Animal models in research Coding theory Information theory Invertebrates Neurobiology Animal Physiology Animal Models Coding and Information Theory |
ISBN | 3-319-44918-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Communication, speech and language in human- and non-human animals. The complexity of communication systems and intelligence in animals -- Intelligent communication: can animals exchange meaningful messages? -- Cracking animals codes -- Direct dialogs with animals by means of intermediary languages -- Ants and Bits -- Why bits? Information Theory as a tool for studying natural communication systems -- Why ants? Reliable agents for information transmission -- Ants on the Binary Tree -- The entropy – based approach -- The Kolmogorov Complexity-based approach -- Ants can compress information -- Numerical competence in animals with an insight from ant “language” -- Criteria of numerical competence for comparative studies -- Quantitative judgments in animals -- Advanced numerical abilities -- Information Theory as a tool for studying wild arithmetic on the base of their own communications -- An insight from ant “language”: flexibility of communication as a basis for arithmetic skills. |
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Reznikova Zhanna
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Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments: Volume I : Welfare, Health and Breeding / / edited by João Simões, Carlos Gutiérrez |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIX, 539 p. 93 illus., 74 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 630 |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Veterinary medicine Vertebrates Physiology Biodiversity Veterinary Science Vertebrate Zoology Animal Physiology |
ISBN | 3-319-71855-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Section I Sustainability and Socio-Economic Aspects in Goat Production -- 1 Introductory -- 2 Sustainability of Local Goat Genetic Resources in the Mediterranean Region -- 3 Socio-economic Aspects of Goat Farming in Arid Environments -- 4 Innovative use of sheep and goats by women in climate smart villages in Kenya -- Section II Reproductive Strategies and Genetic Improvement -- 5 Reproductive strategies for goat production in adverse environments -- 6 Using socio-sexual stimulations for sustainable goat productions under subtropical latitudes -- 7 Genetic improvement for goat production -- 8 Threatened goat breeds from the tropics: the impact of crossbreeding using foreign goats -- Section III Goat Nutrition and Nutritional Disorders -- 9 Murciano-Granadina Goat Nutrition Including Local Feed Resources -- 10 Synergies between goat grazing and shrub biomass in mountain areas -- 11 Goat meat production in resource constrained environments and methods to improve quality and yield -- 12 Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders in Goats -- Section IV Health Management and Public Health -- 13 Major infectious diseases with impact in goat production in North Africa -- 14 Tropical diseases in goats -- 15 Haemoparasitism of Goats and Sheep -- 16 Understanding Mastitis in Goats (I): Etiophysiopathology Particularities.-17 Understanding Mastitis in Goats (II): Micro-biological Diagnosis and Somatic Cells Count -- 18 Paratuberculosis and Tuberculosis in Goats -- 20 Study of Microbiological Safety of Goat Milk Products by Meta-Analysis -- Section V Climate Change, Environmental and Nutritional Stressors, and Goat Welfare -- 21 Climate Change and Goat Agriculture Interactions in Mediterranean Region -- 22 Impact of Adverse Environmental Stress on Productive and Reproductive Performance in Osmanabadi Goats -- 23 Health and welfare of indigenous breeds of Dairy Goats in Greece -- 24 Heat Stress Effects on Water Metabolism of Goats in Harsh Environments -- Section VI Conservation Priorities of Goat Populations -- 25 Conservation and utilization of indigenous goat breeds in China -- 26 Genomics for the Improvement of Productivity and Robustness of South African Goat Breeds -- 27 Nuclear and Mitochondrial Markers Based Diversity and Population Structuring of Indian Goats -- 28 Analysis of Conservation Priorities of Goat Populations from Southwestern Europe Based on Autosomal Microsatellite Markers. |
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Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments: Volume II : Local Goat Breeds / / edited by João Simões, Carlos Gutiérrez |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXII, 273 p. 71 illus., 65 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 630 |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Veterinary medicine Vertebrates Animal physiology Biodiversity Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science Animal Physiology |
ISBN | 3-319-71294-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface “Think global, act local” -- Introductory Chapter: Goats in Arid and Mountain Areas -- Section I Asia -- Chapter 2 Adaptation Strategies to Sustain Osmanabadi Goat Production in a Changing Climate Scenario -- Chapter 3 Barbari Goats: Current Status -- Chapter 4 Chinese Indigenous Goat Breeds -- Chapter 5 Rearing and Breeding Damani Goats in Pakistan -- Section II Africa -- Chapter 6 Adaptation of Local Meat Goat Breeds to South African Ecosystems -- Chapter 7 West African Goat Breeds -- Chapter 8 Nigerian West African Dwarf Goats -- Section III Europe and America -- Chapter 9 Turkish Hair goat, the main pillar of goat population in Turkey -- Chapter 10 Honamlı, Newly Registered Special Goat Breed of Turkey -- Chapter 11 The Garganica and Girgentana Goat Breeds Reared in Different Regions of Italy -- Chapter 12 The Jonica and Maltese Goat Breeds Reared in Different Regions of Italy -- Chapter 13 The Sarda Goat, a Resource for the Extensive Exploitation in the Mediterranean Environment -- Chapter 14 The Girgentana Goat Breed: A Zootechnical Overview on Genetics, Nutrition and Dairy Production Aspects -- Chapter 15 Murciano-Granadina Goat: A Spanish Local Breed Ready for the Challenges of the 21st Century -- Chapter 16 The Canary Islands’ Goat Breeds (Majorera, Tinerfeña and Palmera): An Example of Adaptation to Harsh Conditions -- Chapter 17 Reproductive and milk production profiles in Serrana Goats -- Chapter 18 Situation of Goat Farming in the Czech Republic -- Chapter 19 Current Situation and Outlook of Several Local Goat Breeds in the Semi-Arid Regions of Brazil -- Index. . |
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Sustainable Use of Feed Additives in Livestock [[electronic resource] ] : Novel Ways for Animal Production / / edited by Georgios Arsenos, Ilias Giannenas |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 969 p. 60 illus., 47 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 636.089 |
Soggetto topico |
Veterinary medicine
Physiology Agriculture Veterinary Science Animal Physiology |
ISBN | 3-031-42855-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I. Introductory Chapters and Historical Abstract -- Feed Additives to Ensure Sustainability -- Feed Additives, Their Role and Technological Properties -- Food Additives as Functional Ingredients in Food Products -- History of Feed Additives -- Part II. Sources and Types of Feed Additives -- Enzymes as Feed Additives -- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants as a Source of Potential Feed and Food Additives -- The Role of Insects in Novel Sustainable Animal Production Systems -- Probiotics, Prebiotics, Paraprobiotics, Postbiotics -- Novel Plant Extracts as Food Additives -- The Use of Feed and Food Additives in USA -- Part III: Biochemistry and General Effects -- The Effects of Feed Additives on Farm Animals under Heat Stress Conditions -- Feed Additives as Antiviral Agents -- Food and Feed Additives to Counteract Mycotoxin Toxicity in Human and Animals -- Part IV. Specific Applications in Livestock by Animal Groups -- Plant-Based Feed Additives for Livestock and Poultry in Southern Africa -- Plant-Based Feed Additives for Livestock and Poultry in Southern Africa -- Feed Additives to Combat Intestinal Diseases in Antibiotic Free Poultry Farming -- The Effects of Feed Additives on the Immune System of Poultry -- Application of Aromatic Plants and Their Extracts in Livestock -- Improving the Sustainability of Laying Hen Production Using Plant-Based Feed Additives -- Application of Feed Additives in the Diets of Turkeys -- Effect of Phytochemical Feed Additives on Health Status, Milk Yield and Quality Characteristics in Ruminants -- Feed Additives as Dietary Tools to Improve Welfare Status in Ruminants -- Application of Feed Additives to Improve Pork Meat Quality -- Feed additives, as Dietary Tools to Support Gut Health of Pigs -- Feed Additives as Immune Boosting Factors in Swine Health -- Probiotics as Feed Additives in Monogastric Animals -- Feed Additives for Insect Production -- Feed Additives in Aquaculture -- Certain Major Diseases Having Nutritional Disorders in Their Etiology and Economic Importance in Horses -- Feed Additives in Rabbit Nutrition to Ensure Sustainability -- Part V: Analytical Methods, Future Outlook and Perspectives -- Modern Applications in the Determination of Food and Feed Additives -- Antimicrobials as Feed and Food Additives, Their Technological Properties and Perspectives -- Feed Additives and Future Perspectives. |
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Textbook of Veterinary Physiology / / edited by Pradip Kumar Das, Veerasamy Sejian, Joydip Mukherjee, Dipak Banerjee |
Autore | Das Pradip Kumar |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (795 pages) |
Disciplina | 636.0892 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SejianVeerasamy
MukherjeeJoydip BanerjeeDipak |
Soggetto topico |
Veterinary medicine
Physiology Cardiovascular system Reproduction Veterinary Science Animal Physiology Cardiovascular Physiology Reproductive Physiology |
ISBN | 981-19-9410-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Section 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1.1. Veterinary physiology - past, present and future perspective -- Chapter 1.2. Cellular and molecular physiology -- Chapter 1.3. Action potential -- Section 2: Hematology and Immune System -- Chapter 2.1. Hematology -- Chapter 2.2. Immune system -- Section 3: Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Excretory System -- Chapter 3.1. Cardiovascular system -- Chapter 3.2. Physiology of respiration -- Chapter 3.3. Fluid and electrolyte balance -- Chapter 3.4. Excretory physiology -- Section 4: Neuro-muscular System and Special Senses -- Chapter 4.1. Muscular system -- Chapter 4.2. Nervous system -- Chapter 4.3. Special senses -- Section 5: Digestive System -- Chapter 5.1. Physiology of digestion -- Chapter 5.2. Ruminant digestion -- Section 6: Endocrine System -- Chapter 6.1. General endocrinology and hormones of hypothalamus and pituitary -- Chapter 6.2. Hormonal regulation of metabolism, water, and minerals -- Chapter 6.3. Hormones of gonads and non-classical endocrine organs -- Section 7: Reproductive System -- Chapter 7.1. Development of sex organs -- Chapter 7.2. Functional morphology of the male reproductive system -- Chapter 7.3. Spermatogenesis and Semen -- Chapter 7.4. Functional morphology of the female reproductive system -- Chapter 7.5. Female reproductive physiology -- Chapter 7.6. Fertilisation, gestation and parturition -- Chapter 7.7. Assisted reproductive technologies in farm animals -- Section 8: Lactation Physiology -- Chapter 8. Lactation physiology -- Section 9: Physiology of Growth and Behaviour -- Chapter 9.1. Physiology of growth -- Chapter 9.2. Physiology of animal behaviour -- Section 10: Environment and Thermoregulation -- Chapter 10.1. Environmental physiology and thermoregulation in farm animals -- Chapter 10.2. Thermoregulation in birds. |
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Das Pradip Kumar
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Topical Drug Bioavailability, Bioequivalence, and Penetration / / edited by Vinod P. Shah, Howard I. Maibach, John Jenner |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
Disciplina |
571.1
571.4 610 615 |
Soggetto topico |
Pharmacology
Animal physiology Biophysics Biological physics Pharmacology/Toxicology Animal Physiology Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics |
ISBN | 1-4939-1289-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1 Percutaneous Absorption -- 2 Animal Models for Percutaneous Absorption -- 3 Mitigating Dermal Exposure to Agrochemicals -- 4 Importance of In Vitro Drug Release -- 5 Diffusion Cell Design -- 6 In Vitro Product Quality Tests and Product Performance Tests for Topical and Transdermal Drug Products -- 7 Safety and efficacy testing of topical products; Practical considerations -- 8 Challenges in Evaluating Bioequivalence of Topical Dermatological Drug Products -- 9 Methods for the Assessment of Bioequivalence of Topical Dosage Forms: Correlations, Optimization Strategies and Innovative Approaches -- 10 Application of Microdialysis in Assessing Cutaneous Bioavailability -- 11 Follicular Drug Penetration -- 12 Development of Pilosebaceous Unit-Targeted Drug Products -- 13 Deep Percutaneous Penetration into Muscles and Joints: Update -- 14 Efficacy & Toxicity of Microneedle based devices -- 15 Mathematical Models for Topical and Transdermal Drug Products -- 16 Transdermal Patches: An Industrial Perspective on the Relevance of in vitro Skin Permeation Studies and Approaches on Design of Manufacturing Processes -- 17 Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems. Regulatory Considerations: NDA and ANDA Requirements -- 18 Transdermal Estradiol and Testosterone Transfer in Man: Existence, Models, and Strategies for Prevention -- 19 Effects of occlusion on dermal drug delivery: implications for bioequivalence measurement -- 20 Challenges with Clinical Endpoints – Bioequivalence -- 21 Clinical Considerations of Bioequivalence For Topical Dermatologic Drugs -- 22 OECD Test Guideline 428 – A method for in vitro percutaneous absorption measurement? -- 23 Bioequivalence, Quality, and Novel Assessment Technologies for Topical Products: Current Challenges and Future Prospects. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298325703321 |
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Toxins and Drug Discovery [[electronic resource] /] / edited by P. Gopalakrishnakone |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (Approx. 550 p. 30 illus., 15 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 610 |
Collana | Toxinology |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine
Pharmacology Pharmaceutical technology Life sciences Biochemistry Animal physiology Biomedicine, general Pharmacology/Toxicology Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology Life Sciences, general Animal Biochemistry Animal Physiology |
ISBN | 94-007-6726-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910349295103321 |
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Transitions Between Sexual Systems : Understanding the Mechanisms of, and Pathways Between, Dioecy, Hermaphroditism and Other Sexual Systems / / edited by Janet L. Leonard |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 pages) |
Disciplina | 581.38 |
Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary biology
Developmental biology Animal physiology Evolutionary Biology Developmental Biology Animal Physiology |
ISBN | 3-319-94139-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. The Evolution of Sexual Systems in Animals -- 2. The Evolution of Sexual Systems in Animals -- 3. Evolutionary Transitions Between Combined and Separate Sexes -- 4. The Evolution of Uniparental Reproduction in Rhabditina Nematodes: Phylogenetic patterns, Developmental Causes, and Surprising Consequences -- 5. Polychaete Worms on the Brink Between Hermaphroditism and Separate Sexes -- 6. Sex Determining Mechanisms in Bivalves -- 7. Transitions in Sexual and Reproductive Strategies Among the Caenogastropoda -- 8. Hermaphrodites, Dwarf Males, and Females: Evolutionary Transitions of Sexual Systems in Barnacles -- 9. Life History Constraints Facilitate the Evolution of Androdiocy and Male Dwarfing -- 10. Sexual Systems in Shrimps (infraorder Caridea Dana, 1852), with Special Reference to the Historical Origin and Adaptive Value of Protandric Simultaneous Hermaphroditism -- 11. Environmental and Genetic Sex Determining Mechanisms in Fishes -- 12. Causes and Consequences of Evolutionary Transitions in the Level of Phenotypic Plasticity of Reptilian Sex Determination. |
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Treatise on Acoustics : The First Comprehensive English Translation of E.F.F. Chladni's Traité d’Acoustique / / by E.F.F. Chladni |
Autore | Chladni E.F.F |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
Disciplina | 530 |
Soggetto topico |
Sound
Acoustical engineering Physics Otorhinolaryngology Animal physiology Acoustics Engineering Acoustics History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Animal Physiology |
ISBN | 3-319-20361-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | PART I Numerical Ratios of Vibrations Primary Ratios -- PART II: Characteristic Vibrations of Sounding Bodies -- General Remarks -- PART III The Propagation of Sound -- On the Propagation of Sound through Air and through Other Gaseous Fluids -- PART IV On The Sensation Of Sound Or Hearing -- Human Hearing. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300403903321 |
Chladni E.F.F
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