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A healthy horse is a happy horse. Packed with dozens of essential health care skills every horse owner should know, this guide will help you keep your animal healthy, save you money, and make your horse operation more self-sufficient. Cherry Hill provides illustrated step-by-step instructions for routine medical maintenance like hoof care, dental exams, and checking vital signs, while also showing you how to deal with an injured horse and the correct...
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When The Vet Is Away: A Comprehensive Rabbit Farming Health Handbook is the ultimate guide for every rabbit owner and farmer who wants to ensure the health and well-being of their furry companions, even when professional veterinary care is out of reach.This indispensable handbook is a treasure trove of vital information on rabbit health, offering essential tips, guidance, and expert advice on maintaining your rabbits' health and happiness. Whether...
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When The Vet Is Away: A Comprehensive Cattle Farming Health Handbook is an indispensable guide for cattle farmers who value the well-being of their livestock.This meticulously crafted handbook covers a vast spectrum of topics, ensuring that your cattle remain healthy and thriving even when professional veterinary assistance is not immediately available.With a focus on livestock wellness and disease prevention, this handbook equips you with the knowledge...
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Through practical, real-life examples, Assessing Handlers for Competence in Animal-Assisted Interventions provides guidance to any person working with animals in any setting. Facilities that have volunteers who work independently are in the greatest need of competent handlers, yet many of those facilities accept handlers with only proof of animal vaccinations. Other facilities accept an evaluation of the animal-handler team without knowing whether...
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"The Working Horse" is a fantastic guide to the horses of the British Isles as used for sport and work, including a wealth of equestrian knowledge on such subjects as breeding, breaking, ailments, history, and much more. Profusely illustrated with photographs and diagrams, this timeless volume is not to be missed by horse lovers and owners alike, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Horse-Breeding...
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"British and Foreign horses" is a fantastic guide to horses and equestrianism, exploring in detail different breeds and traditions from around the world. It looks at horses used for sport, pleasure, and work, covering many different breeds and how they are to be selected, managed, housed, treated, and more. Profusely illustrated with vintage photographs and helpful illustrations, this useful volume is not to be missed by horse lovers and owners, and...
87) A La Espera
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¿Cómo ayudar a nuestros hijos durante el proceso de duelo de su amada mascota?Esa es una pregunta que todos nos hacemos cuando la muerte de nuestra mascota es inevitable.A través de sus páginas, "A la Espera", te ayudará a abordar el delicado proceso de duelo que experimentan los niños al perder a su querida e inseparable mascota, se convertirá en la mejor guía, compasiva y reconfortante, brindando orientación y apoyo tanto para los pequeños...
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"How to Care for the Feet of your Horses and Mules" was originally published with the indention of helping farmers get more work from their farm animals by keeping them in better physical condition. This timeless volume contains a range information and suggestions that will be of utility to modern horse-owners, and it would make for a useful addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Description of Horses' Feet", "How the Hoof...
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Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life. Although parents are typically the ones who introduce their children to new experiences,...
90) The Chicken Health Handbook: A Complete Guide to Maximizing Flock Health and Dealing with Disease
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Healthy chickens are happy chickens. This one-of-a-kind reference book covers the health problems that plague chickens of all breeds and ages. Practical charts identify common symptoms and causes of infection, while an alphabetic listing of diseases provides advice on treatment. You'll find helpful descriptions of troublesome ailments of all types, from poor egg production to crooked toe syndrome. Practical remedies and gentle preventative care measures...
91) Land of Women
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María Sánchez is obsessed with what she cannot see. As a field veterinarian following in the footsteps of generations before her, she travels the countryside of Spain bearing witness to a life eroding before her eyes- words, practices, and people slipping away because of depopulation, exploitation of natural resources, inadequate environmental policies, and development encroaching on farmland and villages. Sánchez, the first woman in her family...
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A biomechanical problem-solving approach to training challenges. Every action of rider has an impact on the health and well-being of the horse either positive or negative, looseness or tension. But what are the causes? The Science and Art of Riding with Lightness reveals the interplay between the biomechanics of the horse and the dressage exercises in a coherent manner. It will become clear which training mistakes cause which problems in the horse's...
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33.4% of pets are made up of exotic animals such as birds, reptiles and small mammals.
Just because a veterinary school doesn't offer an exclusively exotic animal track doesn't mean you have no chance of working with these rare and unusual animals. You also don't have to be a veterinarian to work with animals. There are many without a degree who have devoted everything to helping animals in need.
In More than a Zookeeper: The People Behind...
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Meow A Genetic Concert for Cats by Dr. Kerry Fowler is an important book for cat breeders, owners, judges and veterinarians who are curious about the genetic makeup, DNA testing and diversity of pedigree cat breeds.
Peek inside, and find chapters, tables and a glossary describing what is scientifically known about the genes responsible for the multitude of different coat colours and patterns, hair lengths and compositions, eye colours and structural...
95) Horse Secrets
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Dr. A. S. Alexander, the writer and compiler of "Horse Secrets," has had upward of 25 years' experience in matters pertaining to agriculture, horse breeding, veterinary science, press writing and teaching. He was the author of the first stallion service legislation and inspection regulation in America, the first law of the kind having been, written by him and enacted by the Wisconsin Legislature in 1905. Similar legislation now is in force in some...
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Turkeys are an excellent source of succulent meat, rich eggs, and nutrient-dense manure, and raising them is a rewarding and profitable activity for many farmers. With helpful tips on acquiring organic certification, processing both meat and eggs, and marketing your products, you'll have all the information you need to successfully raise your own healthy and productive turkeys. Storey's Guide to Raising Turkeys provides expert information on breed...
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Raise your rabbit the right way!
Friendly and easy to care for, rabbits make ideal family pets. But how do you keep a pet rabbit happy and healthy? How can you tell if your rabbit is sick? What would you do if it were?
Raising a Healthy Rabbit explains all the essentials of caring for a rabbit, including choosing a rabbit for adoption, the proper way to pick up and carry a rabbit, and setting up the best housing. It also includes vital information...
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Remember Me? is an award-winning guidebook for owners of dogs who are losing their mental faculties as they age, and the story of a dog and owner who retained their bond through this most difficult situation.
If you have an aging dog, Remember Me? will give you the information you need to weather the difficult condition and give their dogs the most fulfilling life possible.
In Remember Me?, you will learn about
• The symptoms of canine...
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Stressing the importance of sustainable and environmentally friendly farming practices, farmer Kelly Klober provides expert advice on making any size hog operation more efficient and profitable in Storey's Guide to Raising Pigs. The most comprehensive book available on the topic, this fourth edition features the most up-to-date practices, illustrated with color photography. Both beginners and experienced farmers will find all the information they...
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With in-depth information on feeding, housing, behavior, and health care, this comprehensive guide also provides proven strategies for creating a profitable business plan and marketing your products. Whether you're about to acquire your first ducks or are interested in experimenting with rare breeds, “Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks” will help you achieve your duck-raising goals. Covering everything from breeding to butchering, Dave Holderread...
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