Identification of animals (PDF 25P)

Practical Zoology By Uttarakhand Open University

This note covers the following topics: Protozoa, Porifera, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Enchinodermata, Minor dissections or Permanent slide preparation, Genetics experiment.

Author(s): Uttarakhand Open University

453 Pages

Lactation in Farm Animals

This book focusing on lactation in farm animals presents invited papers from internationally recognized scientists. It contains seven chapters covering the key topics related to milk production and lactation biology and physiology.

Author(s): Naceur MHamdi

NA Pages

The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals

A great many stories of occurrences have been written into this volume, for the purpose of giving the reader all the facts in order that he may form his own opinions of the animal mentality displayed. Topics covered includes: Wild Animal Temperament and Individuality, The Language of Animals, The Most Intelligent Animals, The Rights of Wild Animals, Mental Traits of Wild Animals, The Higher Passions, The Morals of Wild Animals, The Baser Passions, Wild Animal Criminals and Crime.

Author(s): William T. Hornaday

NA Pages

Animal Breeding Methods Course Notes

This note covers the following topics: Overview of Animal Breeding, Matrix Algebra, Genetic Relationships, Writing a Linear Model, Animal Models, Genetic Change, Phantom Parent Groups, Maternal Genetic Effects, Multiple Traits, Non-Additive Genetic Effects, Random Regression Models, Breeding Objectives, Correlated Responses, Mating Systems, Dairy Cattle Notes, Genome Wide Selection, R Basics and Evolutionary Algorithms.

Author(s): L. R. Schaeffer

186 Pages

Animal Behavior Wiki

This textbook explores the mechanisms and evolution of animal behavior, including neural, hormonal, and genetic substrates of behavior, foraging, anti-predator defenses, mating systems and sexual selection, social behavior, communication, parental care, kin selection and recognition, and territoriality. Associated laboratory exercises will provide hands-on experience for many of these concepts.

Author(s): wiki.org

NA Pages

Cattle and Their Diseases

This book covers the following topics: History and Breeds Of Cattle, Crossing and Breeding, Feeding and Management, Diseases and Their Remedies, Medicines Used in Treating Cattle, Doses Of Various Medicines.

Author(s): Robert Jennings

NA Pages

Elementary Zoology

The book is divided into three parts. Part I provides an introduction to an elementary knowledge of animal structure, function, and development. Part II explains the principal branches of the animal kingdom. Part III is devoted to a necessarily brief consideration of certain of the more conspicuous and interesting features of animal ecology.

Author(s): Vernon L. Kellogg

NA Pages

Zoology by Maria Dolores Garcia

This book is a compendium of contributions to some of the many different topics related to the knowledge of animals. Individual chapters represent recent contributions to Zoology illustrating the diversity of research conducted in this discipline and providing new data to be considered in future overall publications.

Author(s): Maria-Dolores Garcia

224 Pages

Zoological Illustrations

The book Zoological Illustrations, describes the original figures and descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals, Selected Chiefly from the Classes of Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology, and Arranged on the Principles of Cuvier and Other Modern Zoologists by William Swainson, F.R.S., F.L.S., member of the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh.

Author(s): William Swainson

NA Pages

The basics of Zoological Nomenclature (PDF 24P)

This note covers the following topics: History of scientific nomenclature, How are scientific names formed, Formation and treatment, Ruling principles of nomenclature, Principles of binominal nomenclature, Principles of homonymy and Principles of synonymy.

Author(s): Yves Samyn

24 Pages