TY  - BOOK
AU  - Swain, D.L.
TI  - Redesigning animal agriculture : the challenge of the 21st century/ (Acc. 5033)
SN  - 1845932234
U1  - 636 SWA 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
PB  - CAB International
KW  - livestock
KW  - livestock farming
KW  - animal production
KW  - animal breeding
KW  - ethics
KW  - agricultural production systems
N2  - Based on papers presented at the third Horizons in livestock sciences conference series; Focusing on livestock production systems, this text addresses how the growing diversity of global food demands will be met in the future, providing insights into new and emerging scientific areas and the implications for addressing global drivers for change. The book covers ethical, philosophical and systemic considerations, the impact of genomics on livestock production, the holistic systems perspective, the complex systems approach using stochastic modelling methods, and how all these factors can be linked to achieve sustainable outcomes
ER  -