Completely updated and revised, and synthesizing the recent explosion in animal welfare literature, the sixth edition of this best-selling textbook continues to provide a thorough overview of behaviour and welfare of companion and farm animals, including fish. The introductory section has been completely revised, with all following chapters updated, redesigned and improved to reflect our changing understanding. This edition includes: - New and revised chapters on climate change and sustainabi...

The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the world's bestselling advanced level dictionary for learners of English. Now in its 10th edition, the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, or OALD, is your complete guide to learning English vocabulary with definitions that learners can understand, example sentences showing language in use, and the new Oxford 3000 (TM) and Oxford 5000 (TM) word lists providing core vocabulary that every student needs to learn. OALD is more than a dictionary.

Take...

Completely updated, revised and redesigned in colour throughout, this classic bestselling text provides a concise introduction to the fundamentals of animal behaviour. It covers genetics, physiology, motivations, learning and cognition, through to social and reproductive behaviours, abnormal behaviour and human-animal interactions.

Completely updated, revised and redesigned in colour throughout, this classic bestselling text continues to provide a concise introduction to the important fundame...

'Your crop shows you the quality of your soil'

Farmers pay a lot of attention to their crops. But it's all happening just underneath your feet: a crop is just a reflection of soil fertility. Management of the soil is at least as important as your crop management. Soil Signals provides you with the tools to optimise your soil management.

The soil is the foundation of your farm. To keep it fertile and healthy, you should have a good basic knowledge of the soil. This starts with literally feelin...

Marketing: Real People, Real Decisions is the only text to introduce marketing from the perspective of real people who make real marketing decisions at leading companies everyday. Timely, relevant, and dynamic, this reader-friendly text shows students how marketing concepts are implemented, and what they really mean in the marketplace. With this book, the authors show how marketing can come alive when practiced by real people who make real choices.

The 3rd European Edition presents more infor...

Offers a complete update and revision to the manual for agriculture, geography, and rural studies

The 21st edition of the quintessential reference book on agriculture is filled with updated and new material that provides those in the farming profession with everything they need to know about today's agricultural industry. Filled with contributions from top experts in the field, it provides not only the scientific explanations behind agriculture, but also a range of further reading .

The Agric...

Alternate Light Source Imaging provides a brief guide to digital imaging using reflected infrared and ultraviolet radiation for crime scene photographers. Clear and concise instruction illustrates how to accomplish good photographs in a variety of forensic situations. It demonstrates how tunable wavelength light sources and digital imaging techniques can be used to successfully locate and document physical evidence at the crime scene, in the morgue, or in the laboratory.

The scientific princi...

Bewuster kijken naar koeien is het startpunt van het boek Koesignalen. Kruip in de huid van de koe en stel steeds de drie vragen: Wat zie ik? Hoe komt dit? Wat betekent dit? Op deze manier kan de veehouder zaken opmerken voordat problemen ontstaan, risico s inschatten en ziektes voorkomen. Kauwt en herkauwt de koe wel voldoende? Is de koe alert? Bij alle aspecten gaat Koesignalen uit van de wensen van de koe. De breedte van een looppad wordt dus niet gemeten in centimeters, maar in koelengtes...

Het doel van jongveeopfok is het produceren van melkkoeien die volledig klaar zijn voor een gezond, lang en productief leven. Jongvee is de toekomst

van elk melkveebedrijf. Toch slagen veel melkveebedrijven er nog niet in om

hun vaarzen zonder problemen op de leeftijd van 23 tot 24 maanden te laten

afkalven. Diarree en luchtwegproblemen zijn grote boosdoeners, samen met

tekortkomingen in de voeding. En er zijn meer oorzaken dat niet elk aarskalf

opgroeit tot een krachtige, productieve melkkoe.

Jong...