Sturkie's Avian Physiology

Herausgeber: Scanes, Colin G.; Dridi, Sami

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sturkie's Avian Physiology, Seventh Edition is the classic comprehensive single volume on the physiology of domestic as well as wild birds. This latest edition is thoroughly revised and updated and features several new chapters with entirely new content on such topics as vision, sensory taste, pain reception, evolution, and domestication. Chapters throughout have been greatly expanded due to the many recent advances in the field. This book is written by international experts in different aspects of avian physiology. For easy reading and searches, this book is structured under a series of themes, beginning with genomic studies, sensory biology and nervous systems, and major organs. The chapters then move on to investigate metabolism, endocrine physiology, reproduction, and finally cross-cutting themes such as stress and rhythms. New chapters on feathers and skin are featured as well. Sturkie's Avian Physiology, Seventh Edition is an important resource for ornithologists, poultry scientists, and other researchers in avian studies. It is also useful for students in avian or poultry physiology, as well as avian veterinarians.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• 7 ed
• Seitenzahl: 1462
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 283mm x 226mm x 62mm
• Gewicht: 3456g
• ISBN-13: 9780128197707
• ISBN-10: 0128197706
• Artikelnr.: 61647421

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Undergirding themes 1. Importance of physiology of birds 2. Avian
genomics 3. Transcriptomics of physiological systems 4. Avian Proteomics 5.
Avian metabolomics 6. Mitochondrial physiology 7. Evolution of birds 8.
Domestication of poultry
Part II. Sensory biology and nervous system theme 9. The avian
somatosensory system: a comparative view 10. Avian Vision 11. Avian Hearing
12. Avian olfaction and other chemical reception (excluding taste) 13.
Avian taste reception 14. Avian nociception and pain 15. Magnetoreception
and its use for long distance migration 16. Avian subpallium and autonomic
nervous system
Part III. Organ system theme 17. Blood 18. The cardiovascular system 19.
Osmoregulatory systems of birds 20. Respiration 21. Gastrointestinal
anatomy and physiology 21A. Intestinal villi and crypt organization and
function 22. Bone 23. Skeletal muscle 24. The avian immune system
Part IV. Metabolism theme 25. Carbohydrate metabolism 26. Adipose tissue
and lipid metabolism 27. Protein metabolism 28. Food intake regulation
Part V. Endocrine theme 29. Overview of avian neuropeptides and peptides
30. Pituitary gland 31. Thyroids 32. The role of hormones in the regulation
of bone turnover and eggshell calcification 33. Adrenals Rocco 34.
Endocrine pancreas
Part VI. Reproductive theme 35. Reproduction in the female 36. Reproduction
in the male 37. The physiology of the avian embryo
Part VI. Cross-cutting themes 38. Stress Eco-physiology 39. Physiology of
welfare/wellbeing of poultry 40. Reproductive Behavior 41. Physiology of
growth 42. Circadian rhythms 43. Circannual cycles and photoperiodism 44.
Annual cycles 45. Regulation of body temperature: patterns and processes
46. Flight 47. Physiological challenges of migration 48. Actions of
toxicants and endocrine-disrupting chemicals in birds