Biology of Domestic Animals / Colin G. Scanes.

part, Domestic Animals as Comparative Models to Humans -- chapter 1 Equine Exercise Physiology: A Historical Perspective / Kenneth H. McKeever -- chapter 2 The Pig Model for the Study of Obesity and Associated Metabolic Diseases / Kolapo M. Ajuwon -- chapter 3 Growth Hormone and the Chick Eye / Steve Harvey Carlos G. Martinez-Moreno -- chapter 4 Porosome Enables the Establishment of Fusion Pore at its base and the Consequent Kiss-and-Run Mechanism of Secretion from Cells / Bhanu P. Jena -- part, Molecular Regulation of Growth/Metabolic Efficiency -- chapter 5 Epigenetics and Developmental Programming in Ruminants: Long-Term Impacts on Growth and Development / Lawrence P. Reynolds Alison K. Ward Joel S. Caton -- chapter 6 Molecular Physiology of Feed Efficiency in Beef Cattle / Claire Fitzsimons Mark McGee Kate Keogh Sinéad M. Waters David A. Kenny -- chapter 7 Hormonal Control of Energy Substrate Utilization and Energy Metabolism in Domestic Animals / Colin G. Scanes Rodney A. Hill -- part, Reproduction -- chapter 8 Reproduction in Poultry / Murray R. Bakst -- part, Animal Stress and Welfare -- chapter 9 Effects of Stress on Growth and Development: From Domestication to Factory Farming / W.M. Rauw L. Gomez Raya -- chapter 10 Biology of Stress in Livestock and Poultry / Colin G. Scanes Yvonne Vizzier-Thaxton Karen Christensen -- part, Future Directions -- chapter 11 Nutrient Transporter GeneExpression in Poultry, Livestock and Fish / Eric A. Wong Elizabeth R. Gilbert Katarzyna B. Miska -- chapter 12 Novel Peptides in Poultry: A Case Study of the Expanding Glucagon Peptide Superfamily in Chickens (Gallus gallus) / Yajun Wang.

"This book focuses on topics such as domestic animals as comparative models to humans, molecular regulation of growth, metabolic efficiency, reproduction, and the impact of stress on growth and development. The book concludes with a discussion on the current and future directions for researchers."--Provided by publisher.