Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1
Solutions for Grand Challenges in Animal Agriculture
(A. M. Parisi, C. D. Glenn, H. M. Hurdle, and others, Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA)
Chapter 2
Seroprevalence of Canine Leptospirosis in Dogs in Developing Countries
(Ivan Renato Zuñiga Carrasco, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Quintana Roo, Mexico)
Chapter 3
Progress and Prospects in Cryopreservation of Stallion Sperm
(Kelli L. Matheny, Arabela G. A. Viana, Caleb Lemley, Heath King, Richard Hopper, Molly C. Nicodemus and Erdoðan Memili, Mississippi State University, Mailstop, Mississippi State, MS, USA, and others)
Chapter 4
Anthelmintic and Laboratorial Evaluation on Sheep Naturally Infected with Gastrointestinal Nematodes
(Crislayne Figueredo da Silva, Filippe Elias e Freitas Soares, Leandro Abreu da Fonseca, and others, Universidade Vila Velha, Vila Velha, Espirito Santo, Brasil and Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais Brasil)
Chapter 5
Back to the Sea: The use of Banquettes of Posidonia oceanica as a Source of Fiber and Minerals in Goat Nutrition
(Cristina Castillo, Angel R. Mantecón, Juan Sotillo, Cándido Gutiérrez, Ángel Abuelo, and Joaquín Hernández, Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain, and others)
Chapter 6
Examples of Four Incompletely Resolved Aspects of the Biology of Penguins Related to Digestive and Reproductive Physiology, Vision and Locomotion
(V. B. Meyer-Rochow, Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Research Institute of Luminous Organisms: Tokyo, Japan)
Chapter 7
Recent Virus Infectious Diseases in Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) and their Identified Agents
(Claudia Niemeyer, Laboratório de Patologia Comparada de Animais Selvagens, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade de São Paulo, Cidade Universitária São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
Chapter 8
The Adaptation of the Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura, Linnaeus 1758) to Changing Circumstances and Ecologies
(Michael Campbell, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada)
Chapter 9
Aquaporins and Water Homeostasis in Xenopus
(Yuki Shibata and Masakazu Suzuki, Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan)
Chapter 10
Impact of Drought on Reproduction of an Endangered Tropical Killifish of the Brazilian Semiarid Region
(Chellappa, Nascimento, Chellappa, and Chellappa, Department of Oceanography and Limnology, Center of Bioscience, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 11
Commentary: The Use of Field Sampling Techniques and Computerised Video Tracking in the Study of Directional Grasshopper Movement in the UK (Tim Gardiner, Environment Agency, Iceni House, Cobham Road, Ipswich, UK)
Index
