Aflexible,current,andcomprehensivelookatthebiological,industry,andspeciesapproachestoAnimalScience,completewithworldviewinformationandsocietalissues.
Relevantandtimely,IntroductiontoAnimalSciencefeaturesthemostcomprehensive,up-to-datecoverageofthetraditionaldisciplinesthataresoessentialtoasolidfoundationinAnimalScience:nutrition,digestion,feeds,genetics,reproduction,disease,andanimalbehavior.Thetext'scomprehensive,non-traditionalapproachintroducesthedisciplineasanever-changing,integralpartofeveryaspectofhumanexistence.AuthorW.StephenDamronnotonlypresentsthoroughcoverageofthemajorspeciesandtheirrespectiveconcerns,hechallengesreaderstoconsiderthemanypressinginterestsrelevanttoAnimalScienceasitinfluencesandisinfluencedbysocietytoday.
TheSixthEditionfeaturesupdated,expanded,andimprovedcoverageincludingthelateststatisticalinformationasappropriate;improvementstothelactationchapter,theanimalhealthchapter,andtheanimalhealthsectionsineachofthespecieschapters;substantialupdatesinthebiotechnologychapterandthenutritionchapters;enhancedmaterialonfoodsafety;newfiguresandredesignedandupdatedgraphicsthroughout;streamlinedtableswithgreateremphasisonexampleinformation;andenhancedmargintermsandglossarytermstofacilitatereadingandunderstandingofthematerial.