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Anatomy and Physiology of Animals
Copyright Year: 2015
Contributor: Lawson
Publisher: WikiBooks
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Veterinary nurses need to have a firm grasp of the normal structure of an animal's body and how it functions before they can understand the effect diseases and injuries have and the best ways to treat them.
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Animals & Ethics 101: Thinking Critically About Animal Rights
Copyright Year: 2016
Contributor: Nobis
Publisher: Open Philosophy Press
License: CC BY-SA
This book provides an overview of the current debates about the nature and extent of our moral obligations to animals. Which, if any, uses of animals are morally wrong, which are morally permissible (i.e., not wrong) and why? What, if any, moral obligations do we, individually and as a society (and a global community), have towards animals and why? How should animals be treated? Why?
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Large Animal Surgery – Supplemental Notes
Copyright Year: 2019
Contributor: Malone
Publisher: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
License: CC BY-NC
This textbook includes basic principles of large animal surgery and anesthesia, how to apply those principles to cases and situations, and discover ways of finding answers when you don’t remember the information, are presented with cases that aren’t “textbook” and/or things don’t go as planned.
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A Guide to the Principles of Animal Nutrition
Copyright Year: 2020
Contributor: Cherian
Publisher: Oregon State University
License: CC BY-NC
Based on over 20 years of teaching experience in animal nutrition, this study guide will enhance learning basic food animal nutritional principles.
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Monitoring Animal Populations and their Habitats: A Practitioner's Guide
Copyright Year: 2020
Contributors: McComb, Zuckerberg, Vesely, and Jordan
Publisher: Oregon State University
License: CC BY-NC-SA
We designed this book to offer a comprehensive overview of the monitoring process, from start to finish. Although there are books that deal with sampling design and the quantitative analysis of population data, there are few that provide practical advice covering the entire evolution of a monitoring plan from incorporating stakeholder input to data collection to data management and analysis to reporting. This book strives to present an overview of this process. We also acknowledge that any such effort tends to reflect the interests and expertise of the authors, and as such, there is a distinct emphasis on monitoring vertebrate populations and upland habitats. Although many of our examples tend to focus on bird populations and forested habitats, we have made an attempt to cover other taxa and habitat types as well, and many of the recommendations and suggestions that we present are applicable to a diversity of monitoring programs.
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Pastos Tropicales de la Amazonia Ecuatoriana Tomo I: Avances científicos sobre sistemas silvopastoriles como estrategia de reconversión de la ganadería
Copyright Year: 2023
Contributors: González-Marcillo, Guamán-Rivera, Guerrero-Pincay, and Ortiz-Naveda
Publisher: Editorial Grupo AEA
License: CC BY-NC-SA
La rápida expansión de la frontera agrícola como consecuencia desmesurada de la deforestación y cambios antropogénicos a nivel mundial, es un tema de preocupación por la comunidad científica internacional. Además, frente a una lucha contra el cambio climático por efecto de la ganadería, una de las principales estrategias para la mitigación de gases de efecto invernadero, lo constituyen alternativas sostenibles si uso de productos con alta huella de carbono, revalorizando, además, los recursos locales. En el caso de la zona norte de Ecuador, a pesar de los limitados atributos respecto a gradiente de fertilidad de los suelos, la cría de ganado ya sea de leche y/o doble propósito representa uno de los eslabones más fuertes dentro de la economía de las familias. Por lo tanto, es menester investigar alternativas de producción que nos permitan conservar los recursos naturales dada la fragilidad de estos ecosistemas megadiversos. Mediante este libro se plasma que el uso de sistemas ganaderos convencionales, degradan los recursos naturales con mermas significativas de la productividad, así como bajo réditos económicos. En consecuencia, la implementación de sistemas silvopastoriles como alternativa tecnológica de fácil instalación, es sin duda el camino para alcanzar sistemas ganaderos más eficientes, amigables con el medio ambiente, diversificando además los ingresos económicos de la población.
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Transformando la Ganadería: Evaluación de las Explotaciones de Vacunos
Copyright Year: 2023
Contributors: Ramos-Acuña, Palomino-Pastrana, Yaulilahua-Huacho, Zela-Payi, Sumarriva-Bustinza, Porras-Roque, and Camposano-Córdova
Publisher: Editorial Grupo AEA
License: CC BY-NC-SA
El estudio se realizó en 18 distritos de la provincia de Huancavelica, encuestando a 426 productores de bovino durante 2020. Los productores, con un nivel educativo primario o sin educación en su mayoría, se dedican principalmente a la agricultura y la ganadería, y no suelen recibir sueldo por su trabajo. La raza principal de ganado es la Brown Swiss (37.6%), y los productores mantienen un promedio de 6.5 cabezas de vacuno, con un sistema de producción semi extensivo. El objetivo principal de la crianza de bovinos es la producción de leche (46.9%) y doble propósito (44.1%), aunque la mayoría de los productores no puede determinar el peso vivo del bovino que vende. Aunque se practica el pastoreo y la suplementación con sal común, no se conservan pastos para la temporada seca, y la mayoría de los productores tiene dificultades para detectar el celo y determinar la edad al primer servicio. Predomina la monta natural, sin mejoramiento genético, y no se realiza un manejo adecuado de enfermedades como la mastitis y la fasciola. Los productores carecen de equipos y maquinarias, no reciben asistencia técnica adecuada y no siguen un calendario sanitario. Se concluye que la administración y la asistencia técnica en áreas como la reproducción, la sanidad, el mejoramiento genético y la alimentación son deficientes.
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Introducing Mathematical Biology
Copyright Year: 2023
Contributor: Best
Publisher: The University of Sheffield
License: CC BY
Mathematical modelling plays an increasingly important role in almost any area of life sciences, and this interactive textbook focuses on the areas of population ecology, infectious diseases, immunology and cell dynamics, gene networks and pharmacokinetics. It is aimed at anyone who is interested in learning about how to model biological systems, including undergraduate and postgraduate mathematics students who have not studied mathematical biology before, life-sciences students with an interest in modelling, and post-16 mathematics students interested in university-level material. Some mathematical knowledge is assumed, and the mathematical models used are all in the form of ordinary differential equations.
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Foundations of Biomedical Science: Quantitative Literacy: Theory and Problems
Copyright Year: 2023
Contributor: Pakay
Publisher: La Trobe eBureau
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Foundations of Biomedical Science: Quantitative Literacy Theory and Problems is designed to help students develop the fundamental mathematical and quantitative literacy required to navigate and interpret evidence-based Biomedical data. This will provide students with the skills and confidence to habitually question any quantitative data they come across and to use these skills to make informed judgements regarding their veracity.
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Rangeland Ecosystems of the Western US - 1st Edition
Contributor: Gibson
Publisher: Oregon State University
License: CC BY
Rangeland Ecosystems of the Western US conveys fundamentals of autecology and synecology and general information about the primary ecosystems covered. Its structure will provide a framework that can be applied to understand and analyze any arid shrubland, desert, or woodland savanna.
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