Biology of domestic animals / editors, Colin G. Scanes, University of Wisconsin, Department of Biological Science, Milwaukee, WI, USA, Rodney A. Hill, School of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.

"A Science Publishers book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Domestic Animals as Comparative Models to Humans. Equine Exercise Physiology: A Historical Perspective. The Pig Model for the Study of Obesity　and Associated Metabolic Diseases. Growth Hormone and the Chick Eye. Porosome Enables the Establishment of Fusion Pore at its Base and the Consequent Kiss-and-Run Mechanism of Secretion from Cells. Molecular Regulation of Growth / Metabolic Efficiency. Epigenetics and Developmental Programming in Ruminants – Long-Term Impacts on Growth and Development. Molecular Physiology of Feed Efficiency in Beef Cattle. Hormonal Control of Energy Substrate Utilization and Energy Metabolism in Domestic Animals. Reproduction. Reproduction in Poultry: An Overview. Animal Stress and Welfare. Stress in Livestock Animals: From Domestication to Factory Production. Biology of Stress in Livestock and Poultry. Future Directions. Nutrient Transporter Gene Expression in Poultry, Livestock and Fish. Novel Peptides in Poultry: A Case Study of the Expanding Glucagon Peptide Superfamily in Chickens (Gallus gallus).