O livro apresenta um breve histórico da criação do Curso de Zootecnia (UEMS), destacando seus principais marcos, conquistas e desafios, além de homenagear seus idealizadores e fundadores.

"Você sabe quais foram os momentos geológicos decisivos que transformaram a Terra em um planeta habitável? A vida se originou na Terra ou foi trazida no interior de cometas ou asteroides de outros mu

The Countryman Sets Forth Again is a wonderful compilation of articles covering a range of eclectic rural and countryside subjects. There is something for everyone to discover from the ancient language of field sports to the treasures to be found in old barns; the history of the landscape to dryland husky racing and much more.Divided into seasonal sections and featuring more than forty-five chapters, many of the articles have appeared in The Field magazine. Here are all aspects of country life described in vivid detail, from the flora and fauna to the folklore. Descriptions of ancient customs feature alongside accounts of pigeon racing and hound trailing; and stories of exotic plant hunters from past centuries. Readers will encounter mad March hares, owls, ravens, bats, pike, eels, and the rare capercaillie. Other subjects include coppicing, ancient trees, hanging game, stoats, terriers and, that perennial British favourite, the weather. The author also takes us back to his childhood with memories of charcoal burners and of harvesting wild food.Combining his engaging writing, expert insight and immense knowledge, Johnny Scott is a master at celebrating and chronicling the countryside. In this book he continues to convey his wisdom and affection for the magic of nature and rural life.

A convivência com os animais de companhia em nossas casas, em nossas famílias, entre nossos amigos, em lugares públicos, em eventos privados, no universo da cibercultura - online/offline -, pode esta

O grande zoólogo francês Lamarck (1744-1829) é conhecido por sua teoria pioneira sobre a transformação das espécies e da passagem de características entre gerações de indivíduos. Nesta obra, ele deli

Esta publicación no se puede considerar como un manual de Zoología en sentidoestricto, debido a que se aborda el estudio de esta materia desde un punto devista que busca la aplicación de los conocimientos. Los autores describen conceptos zoologicos basicos, junto a diferentes planteamientos practicos de tipozootecnico. El planteamiento zootecnico resulta un tanto peculiar, debido a que no se incluyen producciones animales muy conocidas, como pueden ser las quecomprenden el ganado vacuno, porcino o caprino; muy conocidas y ampliamente tratadas en otros manuales. Nuestro enfoque se dirige hacia producciones poco usuales o regladas, como puede ser la lombricicultura o cria de lombrices de tierra y la apicultura.INDICE RESUMIDO: Sinopsis de taxonomia animal. Filo platelmintos. Filo nematodos. Filo moluscos. Fundamentos de la cria de moluscos acuaticos. Helicicultura. Filo anelidos. Lumbricultura. Filo artropodos. Crustaceos. Fundamentos deastacicultura. Subfilo mandibulados terrestres. Clase insectos. Patologia apicola. Sericicultura. Subfilo quelicerados. Filo cordados. Superclase agnatos.Clase osteictios. Piscicultura. La conquista de la Tierra. Anatomia-fisiologiade la rana comun. Termorregulacion. Fundamentos de coturnicultura. Clase mamiferos. ?ndice analitico.

Coastwise examines the coastline of the British Isles as a dynamic environment and offers you an understandable explanation of how the coastline functions as a single entity. It is supported by hundreds of stunning photos and illustrations. It begins by exploring how the forces of nature combine to create its physical features (and continue to do so). This is a multifaceted story that involves ancient geology and powerful ocean forces. It then turns to the living nature of the coast, covering the unique plants, animals and other organisms whose interdependence keeps the coast alive and healthy. These amazing creatures are described and displayed in full colour. The third part of the book looks at how humans have interacted with the coast, using it for defence, commerce and leisure. It explores these aspects from the earliest times to the present day. The final section shows, for each coastal region, where the features discussed in the book can be observed and enjoyed, giving you a practical way of exploring the elements described in the book. All aspects of the coast are covered, making it essential reading or a wonderful gift for all those who spend time on Britains coast. As Countryfile presenter, Tom Heap, says in his Foreword: "These pages are a practical love letter to Britains waterfront and no seaside holiday home should be without them."

This comprehensive book describes innovative ways of training sheepdogs and addresses a number of subjects that have not been adequately covered in previous publications; such as working with sensitive dogs and dogs lacking in confidence, the square movement, and the concept of opposites. Written by an acknowledged expert, Sheep Dog Training and Trials discusses in a variety of settings new concepts such as the authors theory of passive resistance and the pressure on-off technique. In addition, the author considers ways of optimizing a dogs health, energy, fitness and peak performance. This fascinating book presents contributions from four world-renowned handlers, including the twice world champion, Aled Owen, which examine the factors that have influenced them and made them successful.

¿Qué tenemos en común y qué nos separa de los animales? ¿Somos un animal más? Las humanidades clásicas, basadas en el excepcionalismo humano, han dado paso a las posthumanidades, que incluyen los estudios animales, asi como otras perspectivas que desafian la nocion tradicional del sujeto humano, como los estudios de genero, poscoloniales y decoloniales, la ecocritica o la teoria queer. Pensarnos en nuestra relacion con los animales tiene consecuencias filosoficas en ambitos como la ciencia, los afectos, el trabajo y el desarrollo de politicas concretas de salud y de alimentacion; todas ellas, zonas de contacto entre humanos y animales. Sobre estos encuentros, aunque nunca reparemos en ello, edificamos nuestro mundo. Este ensayo imprescindible aglutina parte de los conocimientos desarrollados hasta ahora por quienes se han acercado a la relacion humano-animal, y los vincula con la historia, los movimientos politicos y sociales, las nuevas concepciones del genero, de la ciencia y del conocimiento. Los argumentos, contradicciones, contextos e incluso tabues que acoge este debate interdisciplinar ayudan a imaginar y a matizar unos presupuestos eticos posibles sobre los que replantear nuestra relacion con los animales y, en ultimo termino, con nosotros mismos.

A nocturnal love song in a world full of noise From the author of Some of Us Just Fall, longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing.In the woods above Polly Atkins home in Grasmere, Cumbria live the tawny owls she calls her neighbours. Each night, they come down to her cottage at dusk, calling out as night falls in particular a trio of owlets she watches grow from fledglings to young adults. As the antics of the owl siblings develop their capacity to play, to bicker, to share and to protect they encourage her to think differently about some of the big needs of all our lives: solitude and companionship, care and belonging, rest and retreat. And into the frame step questions about all sorts of relationships, from how we feel when in darkness to the homes and connection we so desperately seek.The Company Of Owls is a love song to these incredible creatures, and a reflection on what makes them, and us, unique and distinctive. Its a call to find joy in unexpected places and times. It is a lesson in learning to listen to really listen when all around us seems clamour and noise.

We have tried our best in this scientific book to prepare analysis regarding great work of literature or even some newly written works by some postmodern poets in a new and psychological way; opening doors into the complex networks of the mind; proving once more that our imagination and creativity can outweigh the rigid AI and its cronies.

Os cães ficam mais felizes se podem farejar livremente. Os golfinhos são capazes de localizar seres humanos, identificando não só a pessoa, mas também seus ossos e órgãos internos, como o pulmão. Os

The official TV-tie in to the popular Channel 4 programme Penelope Keiths Hidden VillagesExplore the most interesting and beautiful examples of British village life in this lavishly illustrated book, published as a companion volume to the highly successful Channel 4 television series, Penelope Keiths Hidden Villages. Featuring gorgeous illustrations and dust jackets from Brian Cooks iconic designs, the book explores the villages as they appeared then and now.Its hard not to be enchanted by rural villages. From thatched roofs, charming churches, bunting, cream teas and the local landscape, they capture our imaginations. Structured by region, this book follows Penelopes journey through Britain across all four series, including the idyllic villages found in the Costwolds, the cosy cottages of East Anglia and the treasures nestled in the North Yorkshire moors.Pictured alongside Brian Cooks iconic illustrations, Hidden Villages of Britain takes you through the fascinating history and the curious customs and characters unique to each village and how they survive in the present. From bog snorkelling in Llanwrtyd Wells and gravy wrestling in Stacksteads to cheese rolling down Coopers Hill in Brockworth and dwile flocking (where contestants seek to soak their opponents with a beer-soaked cloth outside the village pub), snippets of the history, life and traditions of each village are fully explored.Whether you are looking for a place for your next holiday, a guide to Britains rural landscape or have a love for Britains most inspirational settings, this book is perfect for the armchair traveller.

From a single beginning, countless millions of stories from the animal kingdom have and continue to run their course. Museum objects allow us to investigate some of those stories. Animal Kingdom journeys through both the evolutionary history of animals, and the ways that people have interpreted them in museums. Animals in museums are not only representatives of their entire species, but they also tell us something about the time in which they were collected. They provide windows into the past as well as data for the present. They embody centuries of natural ecosystems and human cultures. Through a selection of 100 objects, telling 100 stories, this beautifully illustrated book explores the diversity of animal life over the past 600 million years, and delves into some of the most exciting mechanisms in evolution. By understanding some of the key stories of how nature operates, we can gain amazing insight into the systems underlying life itself.

Never have I felt so connected to the natural world than when trailing . . . The direction of the wind is noted almost subconsciously, the alarm calls of birds are obvious and the track and sign of all the other animals, even insects, crossing your trail reveal themselves. Its a strangely peaceful state where every sense seems to be stretched to the limit in a state of extreme concentration, and yet one feels completely relaxed and at peace. The whole of nature is revealed within an animal trail.John Rhyder explores the world of British mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians through their tracks and other signs, including scat, feeding, damage to trees, dens, beds and nests, providing a fully explained and illustrated guide to the natural world around us.Following years of extensive research from one of the UKs leading wildlife trackers, Track and Sign is illustrated with line drawings and photographs, making identification in the field effective and accurate for both the complete beginner and the expert naturalist.

“En sus manos tienen un libro que habla de las especies de primates vivas más próximas a nosotros. Pedro Pozas lleva toda una vida defendiendo los derechos de estas especies y de otros muchos seres v

Some 66 million years ago, an asteroid some seven miles across slammed into the Earth, leaving a geologic wound over 50 miles in diameter. In the terrible mass extinction that followed, more than half of known species vanish seemingly overnight. But this worst single day in the history of life of Earth was as critical for us as it was for the dinosaurs, as it allowed for evolutionary opportunities that were closed for the previous 100 million years. In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries and the million years after the impact. Lifes losses were sharp and deeply felt, but the hope carried by the beings that survived sets the stage for the world as we know it now.

Nosso planeta não teve sempre a mesma aparência. Sua fauna também não foi sempre igual. Neste livro, as crianças vão encontrar várias curiosidades sobre os animais pré-históricos, aprender os nomes d

¿Estamospreparados paraescuchar lo quepuedencontarnos? Unviaje alfuturo de lacomunicación conlosanimales.«Un libro fascinante y profundamente humano».Greta ThunbergEl 12 de septiembre de 2015, el cin

Lawrence Anthony dedicó su vida a la conservación de los animales, la protección de especies en peligro de extinción del mundo. Un día se le pidió aceptar a una manada de elefantes salvajes "problemáticos". Su sentido comun le aconsejaba negarse, pero era la ultima oportunidad de supervivencia de la manada: los matarian si no se encargaba de ellos. Con el fin de salvar sus vidas, les acogio. En los años siguientes se convirtieron en su familia, ganandose su confianza, llegando a estar profundamente unidos, e incluso aprendio como se comunican entre si (con profundos y retumbantes "susurros").Habia comprado Thula Thula, 5.000 acres de tierra virgen en el corazon de Zululandia, Sudafrica, transformando el campamento de los cazadores (que databa del siglo XIX) en un espacio para la preservacion de la vida animal salvaje y un centro para el turismo ecologico. Asumio riesgos enormes: elefantes enfurecidos, vecinos desconfiados y cazadores furtivos. Pero con el tiempo se gano el apoyo de las seis tribus zulues cuya tierra limita con la reserva.Un relato inspirador, poliedrico, que ofrece una vision fascinante de la vida de los elefantes salvajes en el contexto mas amplio de la cultura zulu en la epoca post-apartheid de Sudafrica.