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This is the first comprehensive book on the use of light to manipulate insect pests. It includes information on important arthropod pests, pollinators, biocontrol agents and also medical/veterinary pests, and discusses the potential use of optical manipulation to improve the health of plants, domestic animals and humans.

This definitive reference work explores the effects of current and expected climate change, taking place throughout the world, on selected bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infectious fish diseases of economically important fish in tropical and temperate waters.

The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta has newly emerged 'char' islands, which are very vulnerable, socially, institutionally and environmentally. This book explains how the Governments of Bangladesh and the Netherlands cooperated on a land-based rural development project to give settlers security and purpose.

This text provides a thorough grounding in the basic sciences underpinning current farmed animal breeding practice. It relates science to practical application in all the major farmed animal species: cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, pigs and fish.

This new textbook provides a full and detailed insight into the ways in which experiences are designed and delivered. It covers management issues such as marketing, human resources, operations, quality management, facilities management, project management, and strategy, and is supported throughout by pedagogic features and case studies.

This book provides a practical guide for the veterinary practitioner on how to record and analyse ECGs in horses. It includes the basics of electrocardiography, recording, analyzing and interpreting the ECG.

The collection of papers presented in this book provides a detailed analysis of the impacts of climate change on various tropical ecosystems in Tanzania and their related aspects of economic endeavour - from agriculture, marine resources, wildlife to weather forecasting.

This new edition is the only comprehensive text on paratuberculosis, providing historical context and state-of-the-art knowledge. It examines epidemiology, the organism that causes the disease, and practical aspects of its diagnosis and control, as well as the link between paratuberculosis in the food chain and human health implications.

David Harrison reflects on the role of tourism in development and its conflict with culture, tradition and the need for sustainability. The book deliberates David's research from the past 30 years, which looks at the impacts of tourism on societies emerging from Western colonialism and societies previously part of the Soviet system.

Expanded in a new edition, the Dictionary now includes yak, reindeer and camelids, in addition to the existing cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, horses, asses and buffalo. It features well over 10,000 entries and cross-references on breeds, sub-breeds, types, varieties, strains and lines of species.

The importance of animal behavior and psychological well-being is increasingly being recognized in the veterinary profession. This book provides a practical approach to diagnosing, treating and managing different behaviour pathologies in dogs and cats, focusing on front line situations, common presentations and how to offer help to owners.

This book discusses the various basic monitoring techniques available for emergency patients. The book elaborates on and explains monitoring techniques that can be easily performed in basic ER clinics and primary care clinics.

This book is a guide to the identification of the indigenous forest trees of Uganda. It will be useful for those who wish to contribute towards the conservation of the forests or to plant indigenous trees. Information is provided on how to propagate and cultivate about 80 of the most valuable species.

The cider industry is growing rapidly and this is a core, research-based text for understanding both the theory and practice of effectively evaluating the sensory properties of cider. It is a comprehensive book for industry and researchers to characterize cider using a standard, quantifiable metric.

Fully updated with new content and full-colour figures, the second edition of this successful book reflects developments and growth in our knowledge of carrots and related crops. It covers the scientific basis of their biology and production, with updated technical crop management content.

Antimicrobial use is under debate, and it is becoming standard practice in the animal production industry to implement thorough biosecurity plans to prevent the spread of pathogenic micro-organisms. This book provides a wealth of practical information on the application of biosecurity measures in both farm and companion animal settings.

Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is the intravenous administration of nutrients carried out in the patient's home. This book analyses current practices in HPN, covering epidemiology of HPN across the UK and Europe, USA and Australia, its role in the treatment of clinical conditions, as well as ethical and legal aspects and patient quality of life.

A comprehensive overview of the health effects of plant based antioxidants, this book reviews medicinal and aromatic plants from around the world. It covers the different sources of antioxidants, the role of abiotic and biotic stresses, endophytes, transgenic approaches in scavenging ROS and antioxidant plants used in different therapeutic systems.

This book brings together the essential evidence and policy opportunities regarding the global importance of soil carbon for sustaining essential ecosystems services. Covering the science and policy background for this important natural resource, it describes land management options that improve soil carbon status.

This book addresses the social and cultural side of events and explores the role events have in fostering change and community development. It examines the transformatory function of events in the context of development studies - as phenomena that can promote and facilitate human development, including social, societal and individual change.

The environmental quality and popularity of a tourist destination is the outcome of sustained development. This book therefore examines the tourism business in terms of 'greening' the local economy, people and environment, establishing the green agenda and investigating its application to the tourism sector.

This book contributes to the understanding of crisis and disaster management generally, but with a specific focus on the Asia-Pacific. With chapters contributed by international scholars and practitioners, it discusses both the theoretical and practical approaches toward successful crisis and disaster management.

This book focuses on understanding farm-level transitions in Europe. Using case studies from various countries in the EU it adopts a novel analytical approach based on transition management theory and discusses the importance of understanding transition pathways towards sustainability in European agriculture at a time of economic recession.

This book provides an introduction to medical metabolomics and systems biology, and demonstrates how they have been applied to studies in medicine and human health, including nutrition and pathogenic microorganisms. Focusing on diagnosis, pathology and aetiology of disease, it provides a reference in how to use metabolomics for medical research.

Insect transgenesis promises improvements in agriculture, pharmaceuticals and public health. This book discusses the latest insect transgenesis technology and its applications. It considers the larger risks, social and economic aspects of transgenic insects whose value must be proven in political, regulatory and public acceptance arenas.

Describing developments in the engineering and generation of plants as production platforms for biopharmaceuticals, this book includes vaccines and monoclonal antibodies. It discusses targeting diseases which predominate in less developed countries, encompassing the current state of technologies and describing expression systems and applications.

A companion to 'Urban Pest Management', this book builds on the issues of insect pests in urban settings to discuss control strategies. From an environmental and health perspective, it is not always practical to spray chemicals, so this work discusses sustainable control and best practice methods for managing insects.

There are many new developments in knowledge of the factors affecting fruit ripeness, and this monograph is a comprehensive account covering the latest molecular mechanisms regulating fruit ripening, its impact on human nutrition and emerging research and technologies.

Over 20,000 deaths are associated with dengue virus infections yearly, and DF/DHF is globally one of the most important emerging tropical diseases. This updated edition gathers leading research and clinical scientists to review the latest findings on dengue virus biology, epidemiology, entomology, therapeutics, vaccinology and clinical management.