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For courses in Introductory Animal Science or Introductory Livestock Management.

Scientific Farm Animal Production: An Introduction to Animal Science, Tenth Edition, offers students a comprehensive, science-based approach to managing livestock for food, fiber, and recreation. This best-selling text examines the biological principles, scientific relationships, and management practices of livestock production, providing students the context and foundation upon which they can determine their academic and career focus. Updated with new figures, color photos, and current demographic data, the tenth edition is the best reference and resource available to teachers and students at the introductory level in animal sciences.

Scientific Farm Animal Production: Pearson New International Edition

• Table of Contents


• Glossary


• A


• B


• C


• D


• E


• F


• G


• H


• I


• J


• K


• L


• M


• N


• O


• P


• Q


• R


• S


• T


• U


• V


• W


• Y


• Z


• 1. Animal Contributions to Human Needs


• 2. An Overview of the Livestock and Poultry Industries


• 3. Red Meat Products


• 4. Poultry and Egg Products


• 5. Milk and Milk Products


• 6. Wool and Mohair


• 7. By-Products of Meat Animals


• 8. Market Classes and Grades of Livestock, Poultry, and Eggs


• 9. Visual Evaluation of Market Animals


• 10. Reproduction


• 11. Artificial Insemination, Estrous Synchronization, and Embryo Transfer


• 12. Genetics


• 13. Genetic Change Through Selection


• 14. Mating Systems


• 15. Nutrients and Their Functions


• 16. Digestion and Absorption of Feed


• 17. Providing Nutrients for Body Functions


• 18. Growth Development


• 19. Lactation


• 20. Adaptation to the Environment


• 21. Animal Health


• 22. Animal Behavior


• 23. Beef Cattle Breeds and Breeding


• 24. Feeding and Managing Beef Cattle


• 25. Dairy Cattle Breeds and Breeding


• 26. Feeding and Managing Dairy Cattle


• 27. Swine Breeds and Breeding


• 28. Feeding and Managing Swine


• 29. Sheep and Goat Breeds and Breeding


• 30. Feeding and Managing Sheep and Goats


• 31. Horse Breeds and Breeding


• 32. Feeding And Managing Horses