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Impact of Climate Change on Hydrological Cycle, Ecosystem, Fisheries and Food…
Climate change has emerged as the most pressing global challenge of the 21st century and it has a dramatic effect on natural ecosystems and environment. Intelligent mitigation strategies to minimise climate change impacts can result in advanced, novel technologies; healthier aquatic ecosystems and higher food security and well-being for humans. The book includes 45 Chapters by expert authors, c…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-29976-9
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- 582 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 551.6 IMP
Dalbergia sissoo : Biology, Ecology and Sustainable Agroforestry
Dalbergia sissoo (Shisham) is a perennial tree species native to the Asian subcontinent. It is an economically significant tree for its value in forestry, agroforestry, and horticulture. The high-quality timber imparts this tree species a significant commercial value. Besides valuable timber, it also exhibits medicinal, industrial, and agroforestry allied attributes. This tree has been introduc…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-17594-0
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- 206 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 634.99 DAL
Health and Welfare of Brachycephalic (Flat-faced) Companion Animals : A compl…
Health and welfare issues of brachycephalic (flat-faced) animals are one of the most pressing problems facing companion animals right now. Dogs, in particular, are suffering from a ‘brachycephalic crisis’ resulting from a perfect storm where predispositions to an array of health issues are amplified by a population boom for certain brachycephalic breeds such as the French Bulldog and Pug. B…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-0-429-26323-1
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- 418 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 590.285 HEA
Ancient Seas of Southern Florida : The Geology and Paleontology of the Evergl…
The authors have done an outstanding job of compiling decades of data collected by their own field reconnaissance and other geoscientists… This represents a significant contribution to the understanding of the development of the Florida carbonate platform, and it will assist other disciplines as they strive for better understanding of our groundwater resources, aquifer characterizations, pale…
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- 2nd
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- 978-1-003-20594-4
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- 284 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 563.9 Pet a
One Welfare in Practice : The Role of the Veterinarian
Animal welfare has long been recognised as central to the role of the veterinary professional, but this is increasingly aligned with the welfare of humans and the broader environment in which we co-exist. This is the first book dedicated to the role of the veterinarian in One Welfare, a concept that recognises the interconnections between animal welfare, human wellbeing, and the environment. …
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-21833-3
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- 414 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 590.285 ONE
Narrative Medicine in Veterinary Practice : Improving Client Communication, P…
This is the first guide to Veterinary Narrative Medicine, a cutting-edge approach in human medicine with multiple applications in veterinary medicine. The text combines the latest research with numerous real-world examples and practical techniques to improve client communication, patient care, and veterinary well-being. Narrative Medicine maintains that a patient should be viewed as an indiv…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-12613-3
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- 210 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 590.92 FIN n
Biological Assessment of Natural and Anthropogenic Ecosystems ; Trends in Dia…
This new volume, Biological Assessment of Natural and Anthropogenic Ecosystems: Trends in Diagnosis of Environmental Stress, diverse methods and achievements in assessing the biological state of ecosystems are presented, biochemical, genetic and cytological methods are used, methodological achievements in this area are discussed in this volume. Experimental and practical aspects of the genetic …
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-14542-4
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- 306 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 660.63 BIO
Literature Beyond the Human : Post-Anthropocentric Brazil
How can Clarice Lispector’s writings help us make sense of the Anthropocene? How does race intersect with the treatment of animals in the works of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis? What can Indigenous philosopher and leader Ailton Krenak teach us about the relationship between environmental degradation and the production of knowledge? Literature Beyond the Human is the first collection of essay…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-24399-1
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- 242 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 590.7 LIT
Creating Wellbeing and Building Resilience in the Veterinary Profession : A C…
A Call to Life aims to help veterinary caregivers increase self-efficacy, decrease unnecessary suffering, and increase sustainability in their mission to support animal health around the world. The veterinary profession is powered by dedicated, bright, and selfless individuals. Unfortunately, the long-standing and dysfunctional culture in classrooms and practices around the world expects veteri…
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- 1st
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- 978-0-367-81676-6
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- 228 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 590.92 Ols c
Learning Animals : Curriculum, Pedagogy and Becoming a Veterinarian
We are surrounded by thousands of animals, alive and dead. They are an intimate and ever-present part of our human lives. As a society, we privilege veterinarians as experts on these animals: they are our educators and teachers in what they say, what they do, and the decisions that they make. Yet, within the field of education, there is little research on the curriculum, pedagogy, and experienc…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-26998-4
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- 192 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 590.285 DOL l
Plant Systematics
This book is designed to introduce the fundamentals of systematics in a simple, concise and balanced manner. The book aims to equip the students with the basics of plant taxonomy and at the same time also update them with the most recent advances in the field of plant systematics. The book has been organized into 21 chapters that introduce and explain different concepts in a stimulating manner.…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-18346-4
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- 340 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 635.3 PLA a
Emerging Trends in Environmental Biotechnology
The environment is an all-encompassing component of the ecosystem of "Blue planet - the earth", made up of the hydrosphere, atmosphere and lithosphere. These three spheres have biotic and abiotic components which exhibit ecological homeostasis that provides the most appropriate survival chances for the members of biotic component and geochemical balance with abiotic components. This ecosystem i…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-18630-4
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- 314 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 660.63 EME
Routledge Handbook of Community Forestry
This handbook provides a comprehensive overview and cutting-edge assessment of community forestry. Containing contributions from academics, practitioners, and professionals, the Routledge Handbook of Community Forestry presents a truly global overview with case studies drawn from across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The Handbook begins with an overview of the chapters and a discuss…
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- 1st
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- 978-0-367-48871-0
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- 580 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 634.9 ROU
A Guide to Field Philosophy : Case Studies and Practical Strategies
Philosophers increasingly engage in practical work with other disciplines and the world at large. This volume draws together the lessons learned from this work—including philosophers’ contributions to scientific research projects, consultations on matters of policy, and expertise provided to government agencies and non-profits—on how to effectively practice philosophy. Its 22 case studies…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-351-16908-0
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- 396 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 144 AGU
Advances in breeding of dairy cattle
This collection reviews the latest research on dairy cattle genetics and advanced methods of genetic evaluation and selection. The book first assesses the degree of inbreeding and genetic diversity in modern dairy cattle as well as opportunities for crossbreeding. It then goes onto review research on targeting non-production traits such as fertility, feed conversion efficiency and methane emiss…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-0-429-27560-9
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- 480 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 636.514 ADV
Polluting Textiles : The Problem with Microfibres
his book examines the critical issue of environmental pollutants produced by the textiles industry. Comprised of contributions from environmental scientists and materials and textiles scientists, this edited volume addresses the environmental impact of microplastics, with a particular focus on microfibres released by textiles into marine and freshwater environments. The chapters in Part I of…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-16538-5
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- 314 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 639.809 POL
Microbial Biofilms : Applications and Control
Microbial biofilms have both positive and negative effects. This book considers new ways of controlling environmental microbial biofilm such as using phages, nanotechnology, and newly discovered microbial enzymes. A team of contributors shares current, relevant and original research to add weight and recognition to the book. Also, each chapter provides enlightening and relevant tabular informat…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-18494-2
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- 336 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 660.63 MIC
Territories, Environments, Politics :Explorations in Territoriology
This collection seeks to illustrate the state of the art in territoriological research, both empirical and theoretical. The volume gathers together a series of original, previously unpublished essays exploring the newly emerging territorial formations in culture, politics and society. While the globalisation debate of the 1990s largely pivoted around a ‘general deterritorialisation’ hypo…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-19636-5
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- 242 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 621.36 TER
Sacred Forests of Asia : Spiritual Ecology and the Politics of Nature Conserv…
Presenting a thorough examination of the sacred forests of Asia, this volume engages with dynamic new scholarly dialogues on the nature of sacred space, place, landscape, and ecology in the context of the sharply contested ideas of the Anthropocene. Given the vast geographic range of sacred groves in Asia, this volume discusses the diversity of associated cosmologies, ecologies, traditional …
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-14368-0
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- 336 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 634.9 SAC s
How the Biosphere Works : Fresh Views Discovered While Growing Peppers
How the Biosphere Works: Fresh Views Discovered While Growing Peppers offers a simple and novel theoretical approach to understanding the history of the biosphere, including humanity’s place within it. It also helps to clarify what the possibilities and limitations are for future action. This is a subject of wide interest because today we are facing a great many environmental issues, many of …
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-27535-0
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- 274 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 635.6 SPI h
The Great Eagles : Their Evolution, Ecology and Conservation
This book examines the current literature and knowledge on the evolution and ecology of all the birds named as eagles, with particular emphasis on the larger species. It also examines the past and current relations between eagles and people, including habitat change and conservation issues. Eagle ecologies and conservation are currently seriously impacted by human activities such as industriali…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-315-27809-4
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- 624 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 598.9 CAM t
The Biology of Sole
This book reviews up-to-date knowledge on the biology of sole (Solea senegalensis and S. solea). These flatfish species are increasingly important in Europe both from the ecological and production point of view. This book is divided into two sections: A. general fisheries, aquaculture and engineering overviews; B. physiological, developmental, rhythmic, welfare and genetic aspects which will be…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-315-12039-3
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- 404 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 507.7 THE t
Green Automation for Sustainable Environment
This book explores the concepts and role of green computing and its recent developments for making the environment sustainable. It focuses on green automation in disciplines such as computers, nanoscience, information technology, and biochemistry. This book is characterized through descriptions of sustainability, green computing, their relevance to the environment, society, and its applications…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-00079-2
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- 112 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 628 GRE e
Agricultural Landscapes ; Seeing Rural Through Design
Agricultural Landscapes: Seeing Rural Through Design follows on from the author’s previous books, Rural Design and Architecture and Agriculture, to encourage using design thinking to provide greater meaning and understanding of places where humans live and work with the rural landscape. Rural areas around the world are often viewed as special places with cultural, historical and natural signi…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-315-14286-9
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- 262 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 630.7 THO a
Fish Diseases and Medicine
Fish are critically important to the welfare of this planet and its occupants, the health of both wild and captive fish populations paramount to our survival. This book presents the gross pathology of the most commonly encountered diseases and syndromes of fish in an organ system-based approach.
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- 1st
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- 978-0-429-19525-9
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- 328 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 597.3 FIS f
The Call of the Crawfish Frog
Crawfish Frogs (Rana areolata) have been called the most secretive frog in North America, and it is unusual in the twenty-first century – in the most scientifically advanced country in the world – that basic discoveries can still be made on an animal that inhabits a quarter of the United States. This is not only a story of the biology of Crawfish Frogs, but a case study of discovery. This v…
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- 1st
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- 978-0-429-34327-8
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- 216 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 597.8 LAN t
Making a Stand for Animals
Engaging and thought-provoking, this book examines how humans see and treat other animals and argues that we should extend equal consideration and respect to all beings, human and nonhuman alike. Our world is plighted by ‘isms’ such as racism and sexism, but we may have overlooked a very important one: speciesism. Speciesism is a form of discrimination against those who don’t belong to…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-28592-2
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- 192 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 590.92 HAR m
Managing the Laboratory Animal Facility
New to the Third Edition Incorporating the latest developments in management theory and application, the edition contains approximately 100 pages of new and expanded material. This more detailed coverage: Discusses lean management concepts and practices and their application to laboratory animal science Adds information on many essential topics, especially in human resources management i…
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- 3rd
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-315-36905-1
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- 420 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 636.514. SIL m
Developing animal feed products
The animal feed sector faces increasingly complex challenges. It needs to improve feed digestibility/efficiency whilst also promoting growth and enhancing both product quality and safety. At the same time, it has an increasingly important role in helping to promote animal health, welfare and the sustainability of farming. Developing animal feed products provides comprehensive coverage of advanc…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-18064-7
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- 300 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 571.9 PAR d
Advances in Animal Disease Diagnosis
Advances in Animal Disease Diagnosis: Infectious animal diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses threaten the health and well-being of wildlife, livestock and human populations, limit productivity and significantly increase economic losses to each sector. Pathogen de-tection is an important step for the diagnosis and successful treatment of animal diseas…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-08028-2
- Collation
- 336 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 571.9 GAH a
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