Good beekeeping practices for sustainable apiculture
Good beekeeping practices for sustainable apiculture

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2021-09-21

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9251346127

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Bees provide a critical link in the maintenance of ecosystems, pollination. They play a major role in maintaining biodiversity, ensuring the survival of many plants, enhancing forest regeneration, providing sustainability and adaptation to climate change and improving the quality and quantity of agricultural production systems. In fact, close to 75 percent of the world’s crops that produce fruits and seeds for human consumption depend, at least in part, on pollinators for sustained production, yield and quality. Beekeeping, also called apiculture, refers to all activities concerned with the practical management of social bee species. These guidelines aim to provide useful information and suggestions for a sustainable management of bees around the world, which can then be applied to project development and implementation.

Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Poultry, 2nd Edition
Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Poultry, 2nd Edition

Author: Robert Blair

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2018-09-21

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1786392984

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1. Introduction and background -- 2. Aims and principles of organic poultry production -- 3. Elements of poultry nutrition -- 4. Approved ingredients for organic diets -- 5. Diets for organic poultry production -- 6. Choosing the right breed and strain -- 7. Integrating feeding programmes into organic production systems -- 8. Conclusions and recommendations for the future

Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
Antimicrobial Drug Resistance

Author: Douglas Mayers

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-07-14

Total Pages: 692

ISBN-13: 1603275959

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This ? rst edition of Antimicrobial Drug Resistance grew out of a desire by the editors and authors to have a comprehensive resource of information on antimicrobial drug resistance that encompassed the current information available for bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses. We believe that this information will be of value to clinicians, epidemiologists, microbiologists, virologists, parasitologists, public health authorities, medical students and fellows in training. We have endeavored to provide this information in a style which would be accessible to the broad community of persons who are concerned with the impact of drug resistance in our cl- ics and across the broader global communities. Antimicrobial Drug Resistance is divided into Volume 1 which has sections covering a general overview of drug resistance and mechanisms of drug resistance ? rst for classes of drugs and then by individual microbial agents including bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses. Volume 2 addresses clinical, epidemiologic and public health aspects of drug resistance along with an overview of the conduct and interpretation of speci? c drug resistance assays. Together, these two volumes offer a comprehensive source of information on drug resistance issues by the experts in each topic.

Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals
Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals

Author: L. Syd M Johnson

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-03-06

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 3030310116

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This edited volume represents a unique addition to the available literature on animal ethics, animal studies, and neuroethics. Its goal is to expand discussions on animal ethics and neuroethics by weaving together different threads: philosophy of mind and animal minds, neuroscientific study of animal minds, and animal ethics. Neuroethical questions concerning animals’ moral status, animal minds and consciousness, animal pain, and the adequacy of animal models for neuropsychiatric disease have long been topics of debate in philosophy and ethics, and more recently also in neuroscientific research. The book presents a transdisciplinary blend of voices, underscoring different perspectives on the broad questions of how neuroscience can contribute to our understanding of nonhuman minds, and on debates over the moral status of nonhuman animals. All chapters were written by outstanding scholars in philosophy, neuroscience, animal behavior, biology, neuroethics, and bioethics, and cover a range of issues and species/taxa. Given its scope, the book will appeal to scientists and students interested in the debate on animal ethics, while also offering an important resource for future researchers. Chapter 13 is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.

World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity
World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 726

ISBN-13: 9789251045114

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Using WWL-DAD:3; The purpose of WWL-DAD:3; Opportunities for action; The structure of WWL-DAD:3; Domestic animals and biodiversity; The wild relatives of domestic animals; Criteria for determining breeds at risk; Information gathering; Responsibility for quality of data; Definition of terms; Conserving domestic animal genetic resources; The global strategy for management of farm animal genetic resources; Farm animal genetic resources; Breeds at risk; Critical breeds list; Critical-maintained breeds list; Endangered breeds list; Endangered-maintained breeds list; Global regions - breeds at risk; Global summary; Africa; Asia and the pacific; Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean; Near east; North America; Extinct breeds; The extinct breeds list; The global databank for farm animal genetic resources; Development of the global databank for farm animal genetic resources; Breeds currently in the global databank for farm animal genetic resources; Correspondence pro-forma; National co-ordinators for animal genetic resources management; List of informal contacts involved in the breeds survey; Wild relatives of domestic livestock & some suggestions for new domesticants; Cattle, bison and buffaloes; Sheep and goats; Horses and asses; Wild pigs; Camelids; Deer; Antelopes; Musk ox; Elephants; Bears; Rodents; Rabbits; Birds; Reptiles; Civet cats; Discussion; Further information on wild relatives; Feral animals - problems and potential; Species that have given rise to final populations.

Sheep and Goat Breeding
Sheep and Goat Breeding

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Fao

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789251001523

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FAO economic and social development series no/ 3/12. - Designed as handbooks for 2 year intermediate level agricultural and training course. Translated and adapted from the French

Nuclear Techniques in Animal Production and Health
Nuclear Techniques in Animal Production and Health

Author: International Atomic Energy Agency

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13:

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Soil-plant animal relations regarding minerals; Trace elements in animal nutrition; Trace elements in animal nutrition; Calcium; Phosphorus and magnesium metabolism; Protein (nitrogen) metabolism - ruminants; Protein (nitrogen) metabolism - non-ruminants; Nuclear techniques in the control of parasitic infections; Animal endocrinology with special emphasis on radioimmunoassays.