ADVANCES IN ANIMAL SCIENCE AND ZOOLOGY: VOLUME 7

ADVANCES IN ANIMAL SCIENCE AND ZOOLOGY: VOLUME 7

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: SOLUTIONS FOR GRAND CHALLENGES IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURE

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

SOLUTIONS FOR MAJOR CHALLENGES IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURE

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: SEROPREVALENCE OF CANINE LEPTOSPIROSIS IN DOGS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

ABSTRACT

CLINICAL SIGNS

STUDIES ON CANINE LEPTOSPIROSIS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS IN CRYOPRESERVATION OF STALLION SPERM

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES IN STALLION SPERM CRYOPRESERVATION

CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: ANTHELMINTIC AND LABORATORIAL EVALUATION ON SHEEP NATURALLY INFECTED WITH GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIAL AND METHODS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: BACK TO THE SEA: THE USE OF BANQUETTES OF POSIDONIA OCEANICA AS A SOURCE OF FIBER AND MINERALS IN GOAT NUTRITION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS POSIDONIA OCEANICA?

MAIN NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

RECENT STUDIES ABOUT EFFECTS OF P. OCEANICA SUPPLEMENTATION ON GOAT PRODUCTION AND HEALTH

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: EXAMPLES OF FOUR INCOMPLETELY RESOLVED ASPECTS OF THE BIOLOGY OF PENGUINS RELATED TO DIGESTIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY, VISION AND LOCOMOTION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE FIRST PROBLEM

THE SECOND PROBLEM

THE THIRD PROBLEM

THE FOURTH PROBLEM

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: RECENT VIRUS INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN MAGELLANIC PENGUINS (SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS) AND THEIR IDENTIFIED AGENTS

ABSTRACT

THE MAGELLANIC PENGUIN

MAGELLANIC PENGUIN MIGRATION

AVIPOXVIRUS

POXVIRUS IN MAGELLANIC PENGUINS

PENGUINPOX AS A CONCERN TO MAGELLANIC PENGUIN CONSERVATION

AVIAN HERPESVIRUS

HERPESVIRUS IN SPHENISCUS PENGUINS

HERPESVIRUS IN MAGELLANIC PENGUINS

HERPESVIRUS AS A CONCERN TO MAGELLANIC PENGUIN CONSERVATION

CORONAVIRUS

CORONAVIRUS IN MAGELLANIC PENGUINS

CORONAVIRUS AS A CONCERN TO MAGELLANIC PENGUIN CONSERVATION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: THE ADAPTATION OF THE TURKEY VULTURE (CATHARTES AURA, LINNAEUS 1758) TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES AND ECOLOGIES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE ZOOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TURKEY VULTURE

AN ANIMAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE TURKEY VULTURE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 9: AQUAPORINS AND WATER HOMEOSTASIS IN XENOPUS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. AQUAPORIN FAMILY

3. XENOPUS AQPS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 10: IMPACT OF DROUGHT ON REPRODUCTION OF AN ENDANGERED TROPICAL KILLIFISH OF THE BRAZILIAN SEMIARID REGION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 11: COMMENTARY: THE USE OF FIELD SAMPLING TECHNIQUES AND COMPUTERISED VIDEO TRACKING IN THE STUDY OF DIRECTIONAL GRASSHOPPER MOVEMENT IN THE UK

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

FIELD SAMPLING OF DIRECTIONAL DISPERSAL

COMPUTERISED VIDEO TRACKING USING ETHOVISION SOFTWARE

PROBLEMS WITH LABORATORY VIDEO TRACKING

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

INDEX