Authoritative and detailed guide to the health, nutrition and management of the dairy cow from conception to calving. Invaluable if you are involved in milk production.

From a research worker with an unrivalled reputation for giving you information of practical value. Written in an easy to read style so that you can understand both the principles of ruminant nutrition and their application in practice. An essential guide for farmers, students and teachers.

Comprehensive and best selling guide for farmers and advisers who wish to become more adept at solving nutritional problems and at devising improved diets for efficient milk production. Included is diet formulation computer program.

Three distinguished authors have distilled the essentials for farmers on the growth and use of forage legumes for milk and meat production. A practical guide for the farmer who wishes to reduce feed costs and rely more on home-grown forage crops.

The ethical basis for different methods of husbandry is outlined and discussed in this important book. The theme is respect for the animal, which means a duty of care expressed in skilled stockmanship and responsible stewardship. Vital for all involved in farm animals and food production.

Llamas and Alpacas - A Guide to Management contains all the basic information required in order to keep these animals successfully and provides an invaluable insight into what keeping llamas and alpacas involves in terms of resources, housing, equipment and skills. It assumes no prior knowledge of llamas and alpacas, nor the husbandry of other domesticated species, and is ideal for the uninitiated as well as being a comprehensive reference source for the established camelid keeper.

Guide for operatives, managers, inspectors, teachers, advisers and students who wish to be fully conversant with the techniques and equipment used in meat plants. The legal and scientific issues involved in operating a meat plant to high standards of hygiene and safety are described in detail.

An authoritative review of global warming and the role of animals. Strategies to reduce methane production by animals are described. Important guide for those involved in environmental science, nutrition and microbiology.

Detailed practical guide to the successful production and marketing of organic milk and meat. Essential technical information for farmers, advisers, teachers and students.

Best-selling guide to the nutritional requirements of beef cattle. Also included are guidelines to help improve performance on beef units together with an easy to use method for calculating rations. Valuable for farmers, advisers, teachers and students.

Basic guide to the statistical analysis of biological data. Written by an animal nutritionist with experience in research and commerce, the guide is designed to be understandable, practical and useful to the non-mathematician. This guide will help students, teachers of biological sciences and advisers.

Important best-selling guide on how to manage suckler cows and their calves. Based on the practical experience of the author the guide covers breeding, calving, grazing, herd sires, nutrition of cows and bulls and keeping calves healthy.