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"Overall, this new Burleigh Dodds text, Ensuring Safety and Quality in the Production of Beef, is a breath of fresh air. It covers a mountain of factors that can contribute to beef demand. It assembles a truly remarkable set of authors; scientists that have spent a career on their specific topics. This text is a 'must read'!!"
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"Edited by the Director General of the International Dairy Federation, Dr Nico van Belzen, there can be little doubt regarding the scientific quality and likely impact of these volumes… I hope that the books/chapters will find a large audience and, by doing so, help to achieve the sustainability of milk production that the title promises"
Journal of Dairy Research
KEY FEATURES
- Reviews latest research on composition and properties of egg shell, white and yolk and current findings on factors affecting quality
- Summarises recent studies on pathogens affecting eggs and methods for their control
- Discusses latest research on welfare issues for laying hens such as beak trimming and advances in optimising hen nutrition and health
- Assesses developments in reducing the environmental impact of egg production
KEY FEATURES
- Reviews latest research on pig genetics and its implications for improved breeding
- Detailed review of ways of meeting energy, protein, vitamin and mineral requirements of pigs
- Covers the latest research on controlling pathogenic and non-pathogenic safety risks associated with pig meat
- Comprehensive review of the factors affecting the different aspects of pig meat quality
- Comprehensive review of pig welfare across the life-cycle, from gilts and sows to weaned piglets and finishing pigs
- Includes generic welfare issues such as the role of pasture-based systems, humane transport, lairage and slaughter techniques
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"The proposed content of this book is a timely and comprehensive compilation of current knowledge on a topic that is of considerable interest to poultry scientists worldwide. The internationally renowned contributors as well as the editor are a guarantee of the high standard of the content."
Professor Richard Ducatelle, University of Ghent, Belgium
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"Professor van de Werf and Dr Pryce are leading experts and have assembled an excellent team for a book describing the current state-of-the-art. This volume will contribute to the dissemination of advanced breeding technology to breeders, scientists and other stakeholders in the dairy industry. There is no doubt that it will also stimulate new developments in an exciting field of research."
Prof. J. A. Lenstra, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; Editor-in-Chief of Animal Genetics
