Animal Physiology

Author: Yang Xiuping
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: This book is one of the research achievements of the "Reform of Teaching Content and Curriculum Systems for Higher Education in the 21st Century" project funded by the Ministry of Education, and is a "21st Century Curriculum Textbook." It primarily targets undergraduate students in animal production-related fields (including animal husbandry, aquaculture, and economic animal farming), veterinary medicine, wildlife resource conservation, biological sciences, and biotechnology at higher agricultural and fishery colleges and universities across the country. The book focuses on mammals as its main subject, discussing fundamental theories of physiology, and then compares and integrates the specific physiological characteristics of domestic animals, poultry (birds), fish, and other economic animals. To some extent, the book serves as both a basic physiology text and a comparative physiology text. It incorporates numerous diagrams and tables, presenting the theories of physiology in a visually intuitive manner. Additionally, it introduces new theories, discoveries, development trends, and cutting-edge advancements in interdisciplinary fields within the field of physiology. While explaining the theories of physiology, the book also details the processes of their discovery, the establishment of methodologies, and the outstanding contributions of physiologists to human and scientific progress. This book can also serve as a teaching resource for undergraduate and graduate students in biological sciences at comprehensive universities and normal universities, as well as a reference for science and technology professionals.