Year: 1946
Type: book-review
Abstract: This large volume presents an integration of the voluminous published researches of Doctor Samuel Brody and his co-workers at the University of Missouri.The major portion of the book is devoted to the basic laws regulating growth, form and function of domestic animals and man.Special emphasis is given to the energetic efficiencies involved in the production of meat, milk, eggs, and other products from agricultural animals.The presentation is grouped into such specific subjects as plane of nutrition, food nutrients, hormones, seasonal rhythms, temperature, metabolism, muscular work, as well as those products previously mentioned.The genetic, environmental, physiologic and economic factors affecting the efficiency complex are integrated with the basic principles of diminishing returns, limiting factors, and organismic interrelations and compensations.
Source: Poultry Science
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0250096
Author: R. George Jaap
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,600
OpenAlex ID: W4248747530