Animal Breeding and Physiology

Physiology and Endocrinology: Animal Physiology

Initiation of lactation and newborn piglet nursing ability are 2 factors that can influence preweaning mortality. We have developed the “immunocrit” that can assess both lactation initiation and neonatal piglet nursing ability based on the transfer of immunoglobulin G (IgG) from the sow to the piglet. To perform an immunocrit, 50 μL serum was mixed with 50 μL 40% ammonium sulfate, the mixture w...

Equine Reproductive Physiology, Breeding

Animal Physiology

a short synopsis on the overarching topic that unites the succeeding chapters. Each chapter in the textbook has been revamped to include upto-date information specific to that sub-field of neuroscience. For example, the section on synaptic plasticity discusses recent research from the Yasuda lab on CA2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase activity in the dendrites of CA1 pyramidal neurons of th...

Animal Physiology

Animal Physiology differs from the typical physiology textbook in that it describes the principles of physiology that underlie all animals, rather than focusing exclusively on humans. It provides a comprehensive overview of physiological systems in a wellorganized and concise manner by moving between description of general principles of physiology and specific examples of these principles from ...

Precision animal breeding.

We accept that we are responsible for the quality of life of animals in our care. We accept that the activities of man affect all the living things with which we share this planet. But we are slow to realize that as a result we have a duty of care for all living things. That duty extends to the breeding of animals for which we are responsible. When animals are bred by man for a purpose, the aim...